Appraisal: 7th Cavalry Archive, ca. 1876, in Vintage Oklahoma City.

In mid-May 1876, Custer, Godfrey and the 7th Cavalry again marched west from Fort Abraham Lincoln in Dakota Territory toward Montana territory, one of three prongs advancing from different points ...

Discharged on August 5, 1876, at camp at the mouth of Rosebud Creek. M.T. [Montana Territory]. Listed as Thomas W. Stivers in the Register of Enlistments, USA, listed elsewhere as Thomas W. Stevens.

The 1876 map indicates 7000 or more Indian Warriors were at the battle opposing less than 700 7th Cavalry officers, soldiers, and scouts.1879 court of inquiry testimony stated the warriors were ...

On this day—June 25, 1876—the Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples united to overcome, defeat and kill the entire US Army’s 7th Cavalry led by General George Armstrong Custer.

The Battle of the Little Bighorn took place June 25, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory. Custer led the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the U.S. Army against a band of Lakota Sioux ...

On June 25, 1876, Custer attacked an Indian village along the Little Bighorn River but apparently miscalculated the size of the force that he and his troops would face. As many as 2,000 Sioux ...

When a two-day siege by Sioux and Cheyenne ended with the approach of reinforcements June 27, 1876, the surviving half of the U.S. 7th Cavalry understood more horrors were to ...

Today is Saturday, June 25, the 176th day of 2022. There are 189 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 25, 1876, Lt. Col. Colonel George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were ...

The oldest son of President Ulysses Grant was attached to the 7th Cavalry from 1873 to 1876, and he became a major headache for his commanding officers.At the time, Frederick Grant was described ...