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Custer's Last Stand Remembered Fifty Years On
Elmo Scott Watson recalls the June 25 1876 Little Big Horn battle where General George Armstrong Custer and 212 of his men were killed. The piece links the disaster to earlier government missteps and the Fetterman Massacre, noting strategic errors, divided commands, and enduring myth surrounding Custer. The article reflects on the era’s policy failures and the complex legacy of the clash with Sioux and Cheyenne forces.
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Abraham Lincoln
George Armstrong Custer
Little Big Horn River
Montana
Custer
Sixth Cavalry
Terry
Gibbon
Ted Man
The
Republic
Old North
St. Clair
Braddock
Florida
Henry FB. Carrington
Siout
Petterman
Fort Phil Kearney
Fetterman
Tred Cloud
Carrington
Coster
Beau Sabreur
Kansas
Oklahoma
Frazier Iunt
Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Jeb Stuart
Pelham
Plains
Little Big Horn
Steur and
Cherennes
Phil Kearney
Congress
Generouls
Hesitle
Wyoming
Crook
Nebraska
Fort Abraham Lincoln
North Dakota
Indian Department
J. J. Reynolds
Crazy Horse
Powder River
Major Reno
Seventh Cavalry
Crock
Teno
Little Big Ilora
Kis Watertoo
Little Big Lora
Repo
Benteen
Reno
Todlans
Ofer