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20 Images Chronicling Custer’s Last Stand

George Armstrong Custer - George B. McClellan
Taken in 1862 during the American Civil War, Lieutenant George Custer sits with his charges from the 2nd U.S. Cavalry in this colorized photograph. Pinterest

Little Bighorn Black Elk, age 12 during the battle. Smithsonian
Wooden Leg. 1880. Participated in the battle of Little Bighorn. Pinterest
Whiteman Runs Him, fought in Little Big Horn, poses for a photograph in Washington, D.C. in 1910. Billings gazette
Capt. Myles W. Keogh and troopers of Company I were killed here. Photograph taken in 1877. National Park Service
Crow scout White Swan showing scars on forehead received at the Battle of Little Bighorn. Pinterest
Custer’s Last Stand – Custer’s men before the Battle Of Little Big Horn. Pinterest
Custer and Native scouts. Pinterest
J. Dixon photograph of White Man Runs Him, the chief of Custer’s Seventh Cavalry Indian Scouts during the Battle of Little Big Horn. Pinterest
Rain-In-The-Face, Itomagaju, Hunkpapa Sioux Chief (1835-1905) fought in Little Bighorn
Three of Custer’s scouts accompanying Edward Curtis on his investigative tour of the battlefield, circa 1907. Wikimedia

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