USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. 7th Cavalry, a force of 700 men, suffered a major defeat while commanded by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (formerly a brevetted major general during the American Civil War).

Detailed explanation-2: -On June 25, 1876, Native American forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat the U.S. Army troops of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn near southern Montana’s Little Bighorn River.

Detailed explanation-3: -Battle of the Little Bighorn: Custer’s Last Stand Despite Custer’s desperate attempts to regroup his men, they were quickly overwhelmed. Custer and some 200 men in his battalion were attacked by as many as 3, 000 Native Americans; within an hour, Custer and all of his soldiers were dead.

Detailed explanation-4: -Custer was defeated at the Battle of the Little Bighorn because he made a lot of fundamental errors. He acted alone-even though Gibbon’s last words to him were-Custer, don’t be greedy. Wait for us. Instead of going round the Wolf Mountains, Custer force-marched his men through the mountains.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought along the ridges, steep bluffs, and ravines of the Little Bighorn River, in south-central Montana on June 25-26, 1876.