USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -U.S. citizens demanded revenge for Custer’s defeat, and the Army stepped up its campaign to wipe out American Indian warriors. The federal government declared the Little Bighorn battlefield a national cemetery and put up a monument in 1881. Headstones marked where each soldier fell.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custer’s Last Stand, marked the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat in the long Plains Indian War. The demise of Custer and his men outraged many white Americans and confirmed their image of the Indians as wild and bloodthirsty.

Detailed explanation-3: -U.S. troops under the leadership of General Ranald Mackenzie destroy the village of Cheyenne living with Chief Dull Knife on the headwaters of the Powder River. The attack was in retaliation against some of the Native Americans who had participated in the killing of Custer and his men at the Little Bighorn.

Detailed explanation-4: -Reaction to the Little Big Horn Spells Doom for the Plains Indians. The Battle of the Little Big Horn didn’t end with the massacre of Custer and his men. The Native Americans quickly regrouped and pursued Reno’s and Benteen’s battalions. The troops fought until General Terry’s reinforcements finally arrived.