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Fact 1: Duration: The Battle of Little
Bighorn lasted for less than one hour
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Fact 2: Where was it fought? The location was
Little Bighorn River in Montana
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Fact 3: When was it fought? On June 25, 1876.
It was a major conflict in Great Sioux War, also known
as the Black Hills War, of 1876 - 1877
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Fact 4: Who fought the conflict? The Sioux,
Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors, all tribes of the
Northern Plains, fought against the United States 7th
Cavalry
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Fact 5: How many fought in the conflict? 1500
Native American Indians against 700 soldiers of the US
Army
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Fact 6: Who were the leaders of the 7th
Cavalry? General George Custer was in command. Other US
officers involved in the conflict were Marcus Reno,
James Calhoun and Frederick Benteen
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Fact 7: Who were the leaders of the Native
Indians? Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Chief Gall
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Fact 8: What caused the conflict? The
encroachment of white settlers on Indian land due to the
discovery of gold in the Black Hills and the threat of
relocation to Indian reservations
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Fact 9: The Second Treaty of Fort Laramie
(1868) had guaranteed the Native American Indians
exclusive possession of the Dakota territory. When the
Indians refused to sell the land and the US broke the
treaty
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Fact 10: George Custer made the discovery of
gold in the Black Hills of Dakota in 1874
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Fact 11: The government attempted to buy the
lands in 1875, the Native Indians refuse the offer, the
Black Hills gold rush begins and hostilities against the
natives are ordered by the War Department
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Fact 12: The conflict was preceded by the
Battle of the Rosebud led by General George Crook
against a force of Sioux which delayed Crook from
joining General George Custer
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Fact 13: Custer seriously underestimated the
size of the Native American Indian forces who totaled
1500 against the US Army of 700. The conflict was
referred to as 'Custer's Last Stand'. General Custer
also made the assumption that the Native Indians would
flee rather than fight
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Fact 14: Custer abandoned the original plans
of a joint attack between himself, Captain Benteen and
Major Reno and the US battalions split into three groups
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Fact 15: The larger force of Native Indians,
led by Chief Sitting Bull, attack General Custer and the
outnumbered 7th Cavalry. The conflict lasts for under
one hour and Custer and his men are all killed. Sitting
Bull survived the conflict and died in 1890 during the
Ghost Dance
Movement.
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Fact 16: A total of 231 US soldiers died at
the Battle of Little Bighorn - all of Custer's 7th
Cavalry. The deaths on the battlefield included Custer,
his two brothers (Tom Custer and Boston Custer) his
brother-in-law (James Calhoun) and his nephew (Autie
Reed).
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Fact 17: General Alfred H. Terry arrive at the
scene of the conflict on 26 June 1876 and his 450
soldiers provide reinforcements to Reno and Benteen.
They witness the devastation of the battlefield and the
aftermath of the conflict.
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Fact 18: The bodies of the 7th Cavalry had
been stripped of their uniforms and their bodies
ritually mutilated. Their bodies were buried at the site
of the conflict. The body of General George Custer was
later re-interred in West Point Cemetery
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Fact 19: The Little Bighorn Battlefield
National Monument (formerly called the Custer
Battlefield National Monument) occupies the site of the
conflict.
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Fact 20: The graves of those killed in the
conflict are located around a granite monument marking
the spot of Custer's "last stand."
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