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From Little Rock... the infamous Custer Massacre...
From Little Rock... the infamous Custer Massacre...
Item # 690644
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July 18, 1876
DAILY ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Little Rock, July 18, 1876
* General George Custer massacre
* Battle of the Little Bighorn - Montana
* Chief Sitting Bull - Lakota Indians
* Uncommon Arkansas publication
Page 2 has nearly a full column taken up with an account of the infamous Custer Massacre with heads: "Little Big Horn Massacre" "Another Account of the Slaughter of the Seventh Cavalry".
This is a nice account with much detail of the battle, a few bits including: "...Gen. Custer from there took command of the 12 companies of cavalry & pushed on after the Sioux...Major Reno was to attack the enemy in the rear while Gen. Custer fought them in front...He fell about the first one...the poor soldiers were cut down in less time than it takes to tell it. The Sioux then turned with all their force upon Major Reno...They did not disfigure Gen. Custer in any way, but his brother Tom Custer was opened and his heart taken out..." with much more.
The front page has a bit more with: "The Indian War" "Gen. Crook's Command to be Reinforced by the Fifth Cavalry" with two letters with datelines after the Custer massacre.
Four pages, archivally rejoined at the spine, minor loss to a bit of the blank spine margin, good condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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