The Battle of Little Big Horn started when the gold rush sent many settlers and prospectors through the Bozeman Trail. This trail crossed the Sioux Territory in the Great Plains region. This provoked conflict between the Sioux and the settlers, who were trying to reach the mining districts. Many ...

Battle of Little Big Horn War whoops. Screams of wounded horses and dying men. Smoke drifting over blue uniforms lying still in the grass. It has been troubling historians for years, how did the great George Armstrong Custer get defeated by the Native Americans? In my essay I am going ...

The name of "Custer" has become a byword. Today, when someone is involved in seemingly hopeless circumstances references to "Custer's Last Stand" might be made. On the surface, and even after some investigation, the case could be made that Custer was the victim of his own mistakes and reckless...

The Battle of Little Bighorn Paper George A. Custer and the Army would have/could have won the Battle of Little Bighorn if they didn't spread out their men, followed orders, and arrived at the Little Bighorn River at the same time. The Battle of Little Bighorn began on June 25, 1876, becaus...