June 25, 2026
Today is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Little
Bighorn, when Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong lost his entire
command to Lakota warriors, The road to the Little Bighorn
started during the Civil War, The US government, strapped by the
cost of war, stopped providing food, forcing the Santees to flee
to join the Teton Lakotas in what is now Montana, The massacre at
Sand Creek convinced the Tetons that they must resist, After
Robert E Lee’s surrender, General Sherman was transferred to the
Plains, The government abandoned the Bozeman Trail in favor of
protecting the railroad, giving the Lakotas control of the Great
Sioux Reservation, Miners wanted access to gold and business
interests wanted land, and set out to build a fort in the Black
Hills to intimidate the warriors who were skirmishing with the
intruders, The Lakotas refused to sell land in the Black Hills,
The War Department commanded the army to subdue the Lakotas,
General George Crook planned an attack on Sitting Bull’s camp,
The Lakotas and their allies who had settled on the Greasy Grass,
or Little Bighorn, were unaware of Custer’s troops approaching,
They recovered quickly and chased some of the men across the
river, and stampeded the others, All the soldiers were
killed, the Lakotas lost about 40 men.
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