140 years ago today (June 27, 1876,) a column of soldiers discovered the bodies of George Armstrong Custer and 210 of his soldiers on a desolate ridge in Montana, above the Little Bighorn River. Dug in atop a ridge four miles southeast, were Major Marcus Reno, Captain Frederick Benteen, and the 400 surviving members of […]
Custer’s Last Stand Pt. 1: The Little Bighorn’s Stepfather
This weekend will mark the 140th anniversary of George Armstrong Custer’s demise–along with 250 men under his command–at the Little Bighorn River in Montana. For insight into how and why Custer and the 7th Cavalry met such a fate, we need to start with the previous decade. Picture a wintery scene: Nov. 26, 1868. A […]