Custer's Strategy of Defeat
Battle of Little Bighorn
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1h 29m
On the morning of June 25, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer made the fateful decision to attack a large Native American village camped on the banks of the Little Big Horn River. It was a decision that would cost him his life, the lives of 268 of his men, and over 60 Native Americans defending their right to live free. Myths, mysteries, and legends of this fight have grown for more than 142 years, elevating a lonely patch of dirt and grass, dotted with white and brown tombstones, to mythological proportions. How did this apocalyptic clash of cultures happen? What is accurate, and what is conjecture? What happened?
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Little Bighorn Animated Timeline
This battle animation was created to assist students with better understanding the flow, timing, disposition of forces, and movements of the various cavalry participants during fighting on June 25th, 1876. It is compiled from the research of both Frederic C. Wagner III and Michael Donahue and all...
