It was the destruction of nomadic Indian tribes by an organised army hitting their homes, women and childre rather than their warriors. A shameful episode in US history. If it happened in this day and age the world would be in uproar protesting it.
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Custer died and was defeated in the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.
The Little Bighorn River is a tributary of the Bighorn River in southern Montana. The battle took place along a spot on the river near Yellowstone National Park and the Wyoming border.
The Battle of Little Bighorn started on June 25th 1876.
The Battle of Little Bighorn ended on June 26th 1876.
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The Cherokee Battle of Little Bighorn was a battle between Native American Indian tribes and the United States Calvary. The Calvary was trying to punish the Native Americans for disobeying orders to stay grouped on reservations. Their people were starving so they had to leave. The Calvary was outsmarted and outwitted at all levels, leaving entire regiments dead.
The last battle-- the Battle of Yorktown was fought near the Chesapeake Bay.
The Battle of The Little Bighorn, e.g. "the Battle of the Greasy Grass", occurred June 25-26, 1878 on the Little Bighorn River, near Garryowen, in the Montana Territory (now the State of Montana). The Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho, led by several major war leaders, including Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, were victorious over General Custer.
The battle that was fought after Fort Sumter was Manassas Junction.