Riverboat Pilot Grant Marsh and His Record-Setting Run
Grant Marsh is known beyond the realm of Little Bighorn lore. In fact, a statue stands in his honor along the Missouri River in Yankton, South Dakota. Before the Sioux Campaign of 1876 Marsh...
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James Butler Hickok: Another Legendary “Long Hair” And His Custer Connection
Rather than mark the birth date of another Little Bighorn player, today’s post marks the anniversary of a legend’s death. In reality, he was not at or even near the Little Bighorn when its...
Aftermath: Moving the Wounded
Three days after Custer’s devastating defeat, most of June 28th was spent in hasty burials of his 212 dead. Later expeditions, as early as 1877, would exhume remains of Custer and other officers. They...
Little Bighorn Burial Details
On June 27th 1876, the Montana Column, with General Terry, reached the main field where Custer had fought his final battle. Before mid-morning Lt. Bradley, after scouting forward on the east side of the...
Theodore Goldin: Questionable Storyteller
Theodore Goldin: A Questionable AccounCountless individuals claimed to have been the sole survivor of Custer’s battalion. One writer speculates that they outnumber the actual soldiers in the command. At the same time, several of...
Comanche, Rescued Seventh Cavalry Mascot
On June 28th, Montana Column saviors and Reno/Benteen survivors were sent to bury the bodies of Custer’s battalion. They found a sole survivor remaining on the field. No soldiers had been left alive, but...
Lt. Bradley’s Little Bighorn Body Count
On the morning of June 27th General Terry and Colonel Gibbon’s command set forth with little delay. They had been informed by the Crow scouts of Custer’s annihilation. They had also been informed that...
Gibbon Gets There — Too Late
Some maintain that Custer was to have met General Terry along with Colonel Gibbon’s Montana Column on June 26. It might be noted that those making this assertion usually have already placed themselves in...
Great Escapes: Abandoned Soldiers Who Survived Reno’s Retreat
Readers might recall earlier mention of George Herendeen and his harrowing escape after Reno’s Little Bighorn retreat. He was not alone. In fact, his leadership helped save the lives of at least a dozen...
How (and Why) Things Happened At The Little Bighorn June 25, 1876
Volumes have been written, and they continue to be, about the Little Bighorn battle. Little more is warranted here aside from a brief summary of what occurred. It might even serve to answer how...
Pre-fight Premonitions: Prelude to the Little Bighorn
Pre-Fight Premonitions Among the many coincidences that surround the Little Bighorn battle are instances of premonition before the fight. Some can simply be attributed to the fact that 7th Cavalry scouts understood the overwhelming...
