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The Battle on the Little Big Horn River

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Military events · 25–26 June 1876
The Battle of the Little Bighorn

Little Bighorn battlefield and Indian village landscape · United States

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Why editors use it here
Contemporary 1876 print illustrating how early public memory centered Custer and constructed the battle visually.
1. Quick read
  On 25–26 June 1876, Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors defeated the U.S.
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2. Trigger and conditions
  Custer's scouts found a very large village in the Little Bighorn valley.
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3. Uncertainty
  No member of Custer's immediate command survived to report his final decisions.
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4. Why it matters
  The battle is not an isolated last stand.
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