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Little Bighorn, river, c.90 mi (145 km) long, rising in the Bighorn Mts., N Wyo., and flowing north to join the Bighorn River in S Mont. On June 25–26, 1876, Sioux and Cheyenne warriors defeated the forces of Col. George Custer Custer, George Armstrong, 1839–76, American army officer, b. New Rumley, Ohio, grad. West Point, 1861.
Civil War ServiceCuster fought in the Civil War at the first battle of Bull Run , distinguished himself as a member of General McClellan's ..... Click the link for more information. in the Little Bighorn valley. The Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (formerly Custer Battlefield National Monument) occupies the site of the battle. The graves of those killed in the battle are located around a granite monument marking the spot of Custer's "last stand." See National Parks and Monuments National Parks and Monuments
Little Bighorn a river in the W central US, rising in N Wyoming and flowing north to the Bighorn River. Its banks were the scene of the defeat (1876) and killing of General Custer and his command by Indians Little Bighorn scene of General Ouster’s “last stand” (1876). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 274]
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| The horses and riders strode into the McGills arena two-by-two, calm and confident, following the cavalry drill book, answering to the same commands issued in 1863 at Brandy Station and at Little Big Horn in 1876. Today little remains of the brightly colored uniforms of Buena Vista, Bull Run, Little Big Horn or San Juan Hill - except for formal attire, the black stripe on officers' green uniform trousers and the term "Redleg. His points of departure are the dramatic defeats suffered by the forces of white expansionism at roughly the same time - Little Big Horn in 1876 and Isandhlwana in 1879. |
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