USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -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-4: -All 210 U.S. soldiers who followed George Armstrong Custer into the Battle of the Little Bighorn were killed; Custer also died.

Detailed explanation-5: -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).