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George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer 1839-76, American army officer, b. New Rumley, Ohio, grad. West Point, 1861. Civil War Service Custer fought in the Civil War at the first battle of Bull Run , distinguished himself as a member of General McClellan's staff in the Peninsular campaign, and was made a... Read more |
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Black Kettle
Black Kettle d. 1868, chief of the southern Cheyenne in Colorado. His attempt to make peace (1864) with the white men ended in the massacre of about half his people at Sand Creek . Despite this treachery on the part of the whites, he continued to seek peace with them, and in 1865 he signed the... Read more |
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Little Bighorn
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 in the Little Bighorn valley. The Little Bighorn Battlefield National... Read more |
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Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse d. 1877, war chief of the Oglala Sioux . He was a prominent leader in the Sioux resistance to white encroachment in the mineral-rich Black Hills . When Crazy Horse and his people refused to go on a reservation, troops attacked (Mar. 17, 1876) their camp on Powder River. Crazy Horse... Read more |
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Gall (Sioux)
Gall , c.1840-1894, war chief of the Sioux, b. South Dakota. He refused to accept the treaty of 1868 (by which he would have been confined to a reservation), joined Sitting Bull and other dissident chiefs, and was the chief military lieutenant of Sitting Bull in the great defeat of George... Read more |
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Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull 1831-1890 BIBLIOGRAPHY Sitting Bull was most likely born in the winter of 1831 at Many Caches, along the Grand River near present-day Bullhead, South Dakota. Originally named Jumping Badger, he was the son of a Hunkpapa Lakota chief, Tatanka Iyotanka (Sitting Bull), and Her Holy... Read more |
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American Horse
American Horse American Horse (1840-1876) was a Sioux leader in Red Cloud's War in the 1860s and 1870s which was fought for control of the Bozeman Trail. His capture and death was one in a series of defeats for the Sioux after the Battle of the Little Bighorn and foreshadowed the Sioux surrender... Read more |
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little Battle of Little Bighorn a battle in which General George Custer and his forces were defeated by Sioux warriors on 25 June 1876, popularly known as Custer's Last Stand. It took place in the valley of the Little Bighorn River in Montana.Little Englander a person who opposes an... Read more |
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Alfred Howe Terry
Alfred Howe Terry 1827-90, American general, b. Hartford, Conn. A lawyer, he led a regiment of Connecticut volunteers at the first battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. Made a brigadier general of volunteers in 1862, he took part in various operations along the S Atlantic coast in 1862-63. For his... Read more |
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Monroe
Monroe 1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 54,909), seat of Ouachita parish, SE La., on the Ouachita River; founded c.1785, inc. as a city 1900. The center of the great Monroe Natural Gas Field (discovered 1915), it has important chemical plants, as well as pulp, paper, and lumber mills. Automotive... Read more |
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Little Bighorn, Battle of the
...celebrated as “Custer's Last Stand...January 1876 or face military action...comply. Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's Seventh Cavalry...turned back Gen. George Crook, but Gen...intended to strike from two ... |
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New Examination of Custer's Last Stand
...New Examination of Custer's Last Stand The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull...In describing George Armstrong Custer, Nathaniel Philbrick...Custer landed face-to-face with...Battle of Bull ... |
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Custer and Crazy Horse, an unlikely couple
...Crazy Horse and Custer, and an even more...on abiography of George Armstrong Custer. He thought there...similarities between the two and thethought...men flying in the face of propriety for...and luck of the ... |
 "St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)")
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Smithsonian tour group retraces the paths of Custer, Sitting Bull.
...Indians, the name of Custer Battlefield National...still referred to as Custer's Last Stand...under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer was a last-ditch...The group spent two afternoons on the...to retreat in the ... |
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Smithsonian tour group retraces the paths of Custer, Sitting Bull.(St. Louis...
...Indians, the name of Custer Battlefield National...still referred to as Custer's Last Stand...under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer was a last-ditch...The group spent two afternoons on the...to retreat in the ... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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`MORNING STAR' SHEDS LITTLE LIGHT ON CUSTER
...Three Star P, Two Star, One...up to Gen. George Armstrong Custer's infamous...ambitious two-part miniseries...It is these two women who...tribe called Custer "Son of the...Sherman (George ... |
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TV Preview;Shining `Morning Star'; Miniseries Takes The Luster off Custer
...miniseries about George Armstrong Custer's bloody date...destiny. In the two-part, four...Arquette is one of two narrators of...10 years of Custer's career covered...Sheridan and George Dickerson as...who ... |
 "The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)")
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CUSTER'S FALL WRITER REVISITS CUSTER'S BATTLES THROUGH EYES OF THE INDIANS
...enduring image: George Armstrong Custer, his long blond...the story of the Custer battle from the...of view. Nearly two years later, on...become "Killing Custer." Some of those...criminal and, in the face of ... |
 "The Washington Times (Washington, DC)")
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`Custer' retakes Charlottesville.(Metropolitan Times)
...command of Gen. George Armstrong Custer was accomplished...showed," Mr. Custer said. During the...negotiating with two Union scouts, officials...city and awaited Custer, portrayed by Steve...man flies in the ... |
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Medals for Custer's men
...Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and the more than two hundred troopers of...meritorious service in the face of an enemy on June...under Brigadier General George Crook moving north...Dakota Territory. ... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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Unraveling myth of General Custer ; Philbrick to speak on his latest book
...story of General George Armstrong Custer's defeat at Little...became fascinated by Custer and the West as...account highlights two central figures...courageous but reckless Custer and the charismatic...these guys off the ... |
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