MONROE, Mich. (WXYZ) — Monday marks Indigenous People’s Day. Started as an alternative to Columbus Day, it brings recognition to native peoples’ histories ...
The wrath of President Grant -- Glorious war -- Chasing shadows on the plains -- Death along the Washita -- Battling Sioux in Yellowstone country -- Black Hills, red spirits -- Prelude to war -- First ...
BRAINERD — People may not remember the Battle of Little Big Horn. But they’ve almost certainly heard of Custer’s Last Stand. They are one and the same, however, with the latter popularized as an ...
Before making his last stand in the Battle of Little Bighorn, Gen. George Armstrong Custer was stationed in Alexandria. This is a short way of answering a question posed by Alexandria resident Cynthia ...
Few figures in American history are as divisive as Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. He's been hailed as a hero and martyr by some, and vilified as a brash fool who got what he deserved at ...
Mar. 29—The woman behind Gen. George Armstrong Custer spent her life trying to rehabilitate her husband's image because she deeply loved him, said historian Bob Smith, curator of the First Infantry ...
The first major mistake in the career of George Armstrong Custer was his promotion to major-general during the Civil War: he flailed through Virginia with a cavalryman’s flair that killed as many of ...
As a soldier, General Ulysses S. Grant had depended upon the able assistance of Ely S. Parker, a Seneca Indian. As president, Grant tried with little success to ensure peaceful relations with Native ...
When we last left Marshall Armstrong — more famously known as Little Big Horn survivor George Armstrong Custer — in Armstrong Rides Again!, the Latin American island where he served as army commander ...
The Battle of Little Bighorn, which raged on the rolling plains of Eastern Montana on June 25-26, 1876, is one of the most analyzed battles in American military history. In this engagement, Lieutenant ...