Headlong into a retreat from the Little Bighorn River, a 7th Cavalry horse racing to join the main body of troops on the ridge above threw a shoe.

Thanks to a donation of $4.5 million, the National Park Service has enough money to begin construction of a new visitor center at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.

By reexamining the facts and putting Custer within the context of his time and his career as a soldier, Hatch's The Last Days of George Armstrong Custer reveals the untold and controversial truth of ...

For more than a century, a hilltop granite obelisk and white headstones on the battlefield have honored the estimated 260 members of the 7th Cavalry who died in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

When the Cavalry was ordered to Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1888, Comanche, aging but still in good health, accompanied them and continued to receive full honors as a symbol of the tragedy at Little ...

On this date in 1876, six-year-old Red Fox was c amped near the Little Bighorn when the 7th Cavalry arrived. Red Fox outlived Custer by nearly 100 years.

Fought in June 1876, the Battle of the Little Bighorn marked a rare and decisive victory for Native forces against the U.S. Army. Led by Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors — including Sitting Bull ...

Little Bighorn Battlefield In June 1876, Sitting Bull saw victory in a dream. Soldiers would fall like grasshoppers into his camp. Three weeks later, at Little Bighorn, his vision became reality as ...

In 1876, the Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer’s Last Stand, began in southeastern Montana Territory. As many as 100 Native Americans were killed in the battle, as were 268 people ...

Victory at Rosebud boosted warrior confidence before facing Custer’s 7th Cavalry. Stories of success spread through the camps, strengthening belief in Sitting Bull’s vision. Some of Crook’s former ...

Comanche is famous for being the only surviving horse from the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. Belonging to Custer’s 7th Cavalry, this brave mustang endured many injuries yet survived the brutal ...