Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Boots and saddles at the Little Bighorn
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322494]
Identifier: MSS SC 2654
Scope and Contents
Typewritten book draft with handwritten corrections. The item is about the equipment of George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry. The book draft was submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.
Dates:
1976
With the Indian and the buffalo in Montana
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233290342]
Identifier: Vault MSS 498
Scope and Contents
Detailed handwritten account of his activities during the campaigns against the Cheyenne, Sioux, and Nez Perce tribes during the 1870s. His unit was the first on the scene of Custer's massacre on the Little Bighorn (1876), and he describes the battlefield in great depth, and also provides personal speculations on the specifics of the fight.
Dates:
1925