Sometimes to get remembered in history, you need a great publicist. This weekend marks the 147th anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn—also known as ‘Custer’s Last Stand’—a chapter in U.S.

Americans were in shock in early July 1876. It wasn’t supposed to have been that way. It was the country’s centennial, after all, a time for a national party. Instead, stunning news came from the ...

BRAINERD — People may not remember the Battle of Little Big Horn. But they’ve almost certainly heard of Custer’s Last Stand. They are one and the same, however, with the latter popularized as an ...

Americans were in shock in early July 1876. It wasn’t supposed to have been that way. It was the country’s centennial, after all, a time for a national party. Instead, stunning news came from the ...

Red Horse, “Untitled from the Red Horse Pictographic Account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn” (1881), graphite, colored pencil, and ink (NAA MS 2367A, 08571100, National Anthropological Archives, ...

The Battle of Little Bighorn, or Custer’s Last Stand, was a famous victory for the Native Americans in defense of their land. What are we to make of alleged lone survivor Frank Finkel’s story? Untold ...

Two individual decisions sealed the fate of an army officer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Lt. George E. Lord, the chief surgeon, was the only member of the 6th Infantry assigned to accompany ...

LITTLE BIGHORN BATTLEFIELD, Mont. -- Always worth a visit, even when it was hard to reach and told only half of the story, the site of ``Custer's Last Stand'' has lately added a new feature -- a ...

The first person to be awarded the Medal of Honor on two separate occasions later served at Fort Abraham Lincoln near Bismarck. Tom Custer was the younger brother of George A. Custer. At the Battle of ...

‘Custer’s Last Stand,’ an 1899 oil-on-canvas painting by Edgar Samuel Paxson, depicts the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana from the point of view of the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry Regiment, led by Lt.

Americans were in shock in early July 1876. It wasn't supposed to have been that way. It was the country's centennial, after all, a time for a national party. Instead, stunning news came from the ...