Download or read book The Fetterman Massacre and the Battle of the Little Bighorn written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading In the summer of 1866, Colonel Henry B. Carrington set out from Fort Laramie to establish a series of forts along the Bozeman Trail with the goal of protecting migrants moving along the trail. The Bozeman Trail ran through the Powder River country, which included the traditional hunting grounds of Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho peoples. Carrington had about 1,000 people in his column, of which about 700 were soldiers and 300 were civilians, likely soldiers' families and migrants. The colonel established Fort Phil Kearny as his headquarters and based 400 troops and most of the civilians there. During the construction of Fort Kearny, which lasted months, Native Americans killed several dozen soldiers and civilians in some 50 separate attacks. The attacks were largely focused on the "wood trains," comprised of soldiers and civilians harvesting lumber from the surrounding forest for the construction of the fort. Though younger warriors like Crazy Horse conducted the actual attack, Red Cloud and other, older leaders would help plan and direct the harassment and interdiction campaign against the construction of Fort Kearny. On December 21, Native Americans again attacked a wood train, and Carrington dispatched a mixed force of about 50 infantrymen and nearly 30 cavalry troopers and Colonel Carrington again chose Captain Powell to lead the relieving force, but Fetterman asserted his seniority to Powell and was thus given command of the soldiers. Again, Carrington ordered the troops not to pursue the warriors over the nearby ridge and out of sight of the fort. When Fetterman left the fort, he immediately disobeyed orders and took the trail that followed the ridgeline. Meanwhile, the Native American warriors had deployed a group of decoying riders, including Crazy Horse, who lured Fetterman's troops over the ridge and into the waiting ambush. At the time, the Fetterman Massacre, as U.S. newspapers labeled the event, was the greatest defeat (in terms of the number of U.S. soldiers killed) experienced by the Army at the hands of Native American warriors. On the morning of June 25, 1876, George Custer's scouts discovered a Native American village about 15 miles away in the valley of the Little Bighorn River. Choosing to disregard his superiors' orders to wait for a concerted effort, the grandstanding Custer intended to deliver his own decisive victory by dividing his command into three units, an extremely bold tactic when done in the face of a much larger force. Due to their belief in the inferiority of the Plains Indians, and mindful of previous Indian tactics that sought to avoid pitched battle, Custer and his men were most concerned with forcing the action and failed to understand the true nature of the situation they had entered. The Native American gathering, centered around the famous Sioux chief Sitting Bull, numbered roughly 8,000 individuals, and about 2,000 of them were warriors. Custer's forces amounted to a mere 31 officers, 566 troopers, and 50 scouts and civilians, and they had been split into three columns in order to stop a possible retreat. Before the battle, it is believed Custer thought he was facing a group of about 800, which was Sitting Bull's strength in the weeks before the battle. However, the Army's Native American scouts and civilian scouts had not adequately informed the Army of the reinforcements that arrived, and at Little Bighorn, Custer's three-pronged attack was completely overwhelmed. How Custer met his fate, and whether there even was a Last Stand, remain subjects of debate, but what is known is that the Battle of the Little Bighorn was one of the U.S. military's biggest debacles. All told, the 7th Cavalry suffered over 50% casualties, with over 250 men killed and over 50 wounded.
Download or read book The Battle of the Little Bighorn in United States History written by Nancy Warren Ferrell and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the events which led to the battle of Little Bighorn, details the battle itself, and traces its ramifications.
Download or read book The Battle of the Little Bighorn in American History written by Nancy Warren Ferrell and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The trail of events which led to this historic battle are explored in this descriptive account, along with the famous and colorful characters who took part, including Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Marcus Reno, and George Custer. Also known as Custer's Last Stand, this battle resulted from years of fighting between the expanding United States and the Native Americans who already populated the land. When the battle ended, not one of the United States soldiers in Custer's immediate command had survived.
Download or read book Little Bighorn written by Michael L. Lawson and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 25, 1876, the United States Army suffered the worst defeat of all its battles with Native Americans. Allied Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors successfully turned back a surprise attack on their village near the Little Bighorn River in Montana. Killed in the battle were Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, the colorful and controversial commanding officer of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, and 267 men under his command. Little Bighorn traces the events that led to this historic confrontation, which, though a great tactical victory for the Native American warriors and the families they fought to protect, also set in motion a series of negative events for the Sioux and their allies.
Download or read book Killing Custer written by James Welch and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007-01-30 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic account of Custer\'s Last Stand that shattered themyth of the Little Bighorn and rewrote history books. This historic and personal work tells the Native American sideof Custer\'s fabled attack, poignantly revealing how disastrous theencounter was for the "victors," the last great gathering of PlainsIndians under the leadership of Sitting Bull.
Download or read book The Battle of the Little Bighorn written by Earle Rice, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the events leading up to, during, and after the massacre of Custer's men by the Sioux in 1876.
Download or read book The Battle of the Little Bighorn written by Charles Wills and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the warfare between whites and Great Plains Indians in the nineteenth century, with an emphasis on the famous massacre at Little Bighorn.
Download or read book Red Sabbath written by Robert J. Kershaw and published by Ian Allan Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are few battles in the sometimes bloody history of the expansion of the United States in North America during the Indian Wars that are more famous than Little Bighorn. In 'Red Sabbath' noted military historian Robert Kershaw turns his attention to this classic encounter between the United States Army and the Plains Indians. Analysing the causes of Custer's defeat from the standpoint of a professional soldier, he examines the multitude of factors that lay behind this setback of a modern US Army's campaign against an unsophisticated foe. Bringing a forensic examination to the subject, this new view of the battle will be required reading for all those with an interest in the military history of the USA and of the career of that iconic figure Custer. His analysis debunks many of the myths about Custer's abilities as a military commander and previous generalisations of this savage encounter, providing a unique insight into the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Download or read book Showdown at Little Big Horn written by Dee Brown and published by Dell Publishing Company. This book was released on 1988 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the events leading up to the massacre of the 7th Cavalry at the Little Big Horn as told from the viewpoints of the participants.
Download or read book The Battle of the Little Bighorn written by Marty Gitlin and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the Battle of the Little Bighorn and how that event has sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics.
Download or read book Showdown at Little Big Horn written by Dee Alexander Brown and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-selling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee provides a critical account of the events leading up to the massacre of the 7th Calvary at the Little Big Horn as told from the diverse viewpoints of the participants in the battle. Reprint.
Download or read book Custer Battlefield written by Robert M. Utley and published by National Park Service Division of Publications. This book was released on 1988 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Custer's last stand against the Indians in the Sioux War of 1876. Includes maps and photos. Also recounts the history of how that battlefield became a national monument and its importance to Americans today and in the past.
Download or read book The Battle of Little Bighorn written by Edward F. Dolan and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2003 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging series now contains thirty-six books: four titles in each of six strands, addressing technology, earth science, space, government, American history, and the human body. Compelling and up-to-date, each title in this open-ended series offers an abundance of timely information concerning topics of high interest among young readers.
Download or read book Bloodshed at Little Bighorn written by Tim Lehman and published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM. This book was released on 2010-05-17 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief history of the Battle of Little Bighorn, the deadly clash between U.S. soldiers and Native American forces in 1876. Commonly known as Custer’s Last Stand, the Battle of Little Bighorn may be the best recognized violent conflict between the indigenous peoples of North America and the government of the United States. Incorporating the voices of Native Americans, soldiers, scouts, and women, Tim Lehman’s concise, compelling narrative will forever change the way we think about this familiar event in American history. On June 25, 1876, General George Armstrong Custer led the U.S. Army’s Seventh Cavalry in an attack on a massive encampment of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians on the bank of the Little Bighorn River. What was supposed to be a large-scale military operation to force U.S. sovereignty over the tribes instead turned into a quick, brutal rout of the attackers when Custer’s troops fell upon the Indians ahead of the main infantry force. By the end of the fight, the Sioux and Cheyenne had killed Custer and 210 of his men. The victory fueled hopes of freedom and encouraged further resistance among the Native Americans. For the U.S. military, the lost battle prompted a series of vicious retaliatory strikes that ultimately forced the Sioux and Cheyenne into submission and the long nightmare of reservation life. Grounded in the most recent research, attentive to Native American perspectives, and featuring a colorful cast of characters, this account elucidates the key lessons of the conflict and draws out the less visible ones. This may not be the last book you read on Little Bighorn, but it should be the first.
Download or read book The Bozeman Trail written by Grace Raymond Hebard and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legacy written by Charles E. Rankin and published by Montana Historical Society. This book was released on 1996 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the Little Bighorn Legacy Symposium, held in Billings, Montana, August3-6, 1994.
Download or read book The Battle of the Little Bighorn written by Mari Sandoz and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the battle between the U.S. 7th Cavalry and an army of Sioux Indians, led by Sitting Bull, which left no survivors among the soldiers under Custer's command
