William A. Graham - The Story of the Little Big Horn: Custers Last Fight (The Custer Library)
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First published in 1926 and respected ever since for its measured view of the most famous battle in the American West, The Story of the Little Big Horn asks questions that are still being debated. What were the causes of the debacle that wiped out Custers command? Was it due to lack of a definite battle plan? To lack of correct information about the number, organization, and equipment of the Indians? To Custers hot-headedness and thirst for glory? To Renos alleged cowardice? To Benteens delay in providing reinforcement? In his factual but dramatic account, W. A. Graham suggests that an awesome concatenation of attitudes and circumstances ensured the defeat of the Seventh Cavalry. On that Sunday in June 1876, the Indians were simply better (though not braver) soldiers.
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A Civil War portrait of Brevet Major-General George Armstrong Custer, lieutenant-colonel of the Seventh Cavalry, killed in action at the Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876. This is probably Custer's best portrait. During the 1876 campaign, however, his yellow hair was cut short, and he dressed in buckskin. Photo by Brady.
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The Story of the Little Big Horn
Custer's Last Fight
W. A. Graham New introduction by Brian C. Pohanka
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Copyright 1926 by the Century Company; 1941, 1945, and 1952 by the Military Service Publishing Company; and 1959 by the Stackpole Company
New material copyright 1994 by Stackpole Books
Published by STACKPOLE BOOKS 5067 Ritter Road Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to Stackpole Books, 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Graham, W. A. (William Alexander), 18751954. The story of the Little Big Horn / W.A. Graham ; new introduction by Brian C. Pohanka. p. cm. (The Custer library) Originally published: New York : Century Co., 1926. ISBN 0-8117-0346-0 1. Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876. 2. Custer, George Armstrong, 18391876. I. Title. II. Series. E83.876.G73 1994 973.8'2dc20 93-48222 CIP
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Contents
Introduction to Third Edition
vii
Preface to Second Edition
xix
Foreword to Second Edition
xxi
Introduction
xxvii
Foreword
xlix
List of Illustrations
liii
Chapter I
3
Chapter II
23
Chapter III
37
Chapter IV
50
Chapter V
62
Chapter VI
78
Chapter VII
91
Chapter VIII
102
Notes
109
Appendix I: Did Custer Wilfully Disobey His Orders?
175
The Campaign Against the Sioux in 1876
179
Index
223
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Introduction to Third Edition
On the fourth of July, 1876, Americans of the era Mark Twain dubbed "the Gilded Age" celebrated the centennial of the Republic. From the vast halls of Philadelphia's sprawling Centennial Exhibition to the ramshackle settlements of the western frontier, the patriotic holiday was grander and more festive than ever before.
The fireworks' echo had barely faded, when, from San Francisco to Manhattan, breathless headlines began to fairly scream the news of disaster. "CUSTER KILLED!""Terrific Slaughter""MASSACRED"''No Officer or Man of 5 Companies Left to Tell the Tale""Squaws Mutilate and Rob the Dead." In death, George Armstrong Custer had finally received the publicity denied him since his glory days as a "boy general" in the Civil War. He was again front-page news.
For those far removed from the brutal realities of Indian warfare, "Custer's Last Stand" was perceived as tragic yet heroic; the fight at Little Big Horn epitomized the crusade of western civilization against the forces of savagery and barbarism. Custer and his troopers were doomed heroes
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analogous to Leonidas and his Spartans at Thermopylaewaging a hopeless but gallant struggle against overwhelming odds, and, as the old adage went, "dying with their boots on."
Because it was mythologized from the outset, the battle of Little Big Horn quickly entered the realm of the dime novel and Broadway melodrama. Buffalo Bill staged a reenactment of the episode for his "Wild West Show," and some of the very first silent films were devoted to the subject.
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