Record details

• ISBN: 0803297203
• ISBN: 9780803297203
• ISBN: 080324746X
• ISBN: 9780803247468
• Physical Description: xx, 236 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
• Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1987.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1954, �1947.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-229) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. 1. I join the Seventh cavalry ; The Yellowstone expedition ; To the Black Hills ; The march from Fort Lincoln ; March up the Rosebud ; Into the jaws of death ; Where was Custer? ; Where Custer died ; Epilogue -- pt. 2 Contemporary narratives bearing on the Custer fight: Did Custer's Black Hills Expedition bring on the Sioux War of 1876? ; Was Grant's harsh rebuke responsible for Custer's death? ; Did Custer disobey Terry's last orders? ; Did Custer refuse advice from his scouts? ; Was Reno's retreat responsible for Custer's defeat? ; Did Benteen disregard Custer's order "Come on! Bring packs"? ; Bitter controversies that lived long after the battle ; They fought against Custer: the Indians' side ; The death of Custer on the lonely ridge.

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Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
Windolph, Charles, 1851-1950.
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876.
United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.