On Sunday June 25 1876, On at or near Little Big Horn river, General Custer and 265 members of his Regiment were killed in battle against hostile Indian tribes.
General George Armstrong Custer was the commanding officer of the 7th Cavalry, which was defeated by the Sioux at the Little Bighorn.
Quote: The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand. Unquote. As this quote states, it was not just the Sioux, but a combination of other tribes, that brought Custer's downfall. The battle took place in Montana.
That was the famous battle, known also as 'Little Big Horn' and as 'Custer's Last Stand', fought in the American state of Montana between the Sioux and the U. S. 7th Cavalry in 1876. Fortunately, the good guys won.
George Custer violated the Treaty of Fort Laramie by leading an expedition into the Black Hills, which were designated as Sioux territory under the treaty. This ultimately led to the discovery of gold in the area and the subsequent rush of prospectors, further disrupting Sioux lands and igniting conflict between the U.S. Army and Native American tribes.
The Lakota Sioux Indians the leader was chief sitting bull and The 7th cavalry commanded by Samuel Whitside!
Lieutenant Colonel (Brevet Major General of Volunteers) George Armstrong Custer was the commanding officer of the Custer Battalion of the 7th Cavalry at the time of the Battle of Little Big Horn, and leader of the troops killed there with him on "last Stand Hill".
The Battle of Little Big Horn occurred as a result of the Sioux Wars. Operating under US army and government orders, Lt Col George Armstrong Custer lead elements of the 7th US Cavalry in an effort to locate and destroy a Sioux encampment in North Dakota. Custer badly underestimated the size and resistance of the camp, with the result that much of his command was destroyed.
The Wounded Knee Massacre or the Battle of Wounded Knee was the last armed conflict between the Great Sioux Nation and the United States of America and of the Indian Wars. This last battle in the American Indian wars took place on DECEMBER 29, 1890 when the Sioux refused to hand over their weapons to the 7th Cavalry, the troops opened fire. About 150 Sioux, half of them women and children, and 25 soldiers died in the battle. With the knowledge that the butchery that occurred that day could not be, by any stretch of the imagination, classified as a battle, massacre is the proper term.
"Greasy Grass" is the Lakota name for the "Battle of Little Bighorn", where the Sioux defeated the 7th Cavalry on June 25 and June 26, 1876. The battle took place near the Little Bighorn River in eastern Montana Territory, and is famous for "Custer's Last Stand", where commander George Armstrong Custer died, along with many of his men.
The Cheyenne and Lakota annihilated Custer's 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in Montana.
The Sioux won the Battle of Little Bighorn, not leaving a single American of General George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry alive, meaning that they did not surrender but won the battle.The battle however, made the US fight full force to avenge the death of one of there best generals, which in fact lead to the end of The Indian War and forced almost every Native Americans to move to reservations or to drop there customs and live with whites.(Sorry if I bored you)
General George Armstrong Custer of the 7th Cavalry.