Little Big Horn 1876: Custer's Last Stand
By (Author) Peter Panzeri
By (author) Peter Panzeri Jr
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Osprey Publishing
11th September 1995
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Warfare and defence
973.82
Paperback
96
Width 184mm, Height 248mm, Spine 8mm
366g
The death of George Armstrong Custer, and over half of his 7th Cavalry Regiment in the valley of the Little Big Horn on 25 June 1876, has become the most celebrated battle of the Indian wars. It was the greatest, and the last, victory of the Native Americans over the United States military. Disobeying orders, Custer followed a trail to a large encampment of Indians and, without determining the numbers he faced split his command into three groups and attacked. In the resulting chaos Custer and more than half the troops under his command were killed.
Peter Panzeri is a serving officer in the US Army who has had a passionate interest in the history of the American Indian wars for many years. Peter lives and works in Arizona.