June 25 in American History
Lt. Colonel George Custer and some 260 soldiers were killed by a large force of Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors under leaders including Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse in Montana Territory. A stunning Native victory in a war they would ultimately lose, Little Bighorn is one of the most mythologized and misunderstood battles in American history.
In 1876: Custer's Last Stand at Little Bighorn. Lt.
Lt. Colonel George Custer and some 260 soldiers were killed by a large force of Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors under leaders including Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse in Montana Territory. A stunning Native victory in a war they would ultimately lose, Little Bighorn is one of the most mythologized and misunderstood battles in American history.
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