Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument - Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Custer's Last Stand. On this page we will show you the different parts of the battlefield in the order the battle progressed. This is not a complete picture of everything but, at least, it gives you a good perspective of what happened and where.
All photos © Bob Reece unless otherwise noted Martin Pate's wayside exhibit paintings add to our narrative. Each wayside, placed along the battlefield road, depict portions of the battle near where the wayside is located. Below are two maps in pdf format for you to review as you study Custer's Last Stand. Map of the 1876 summer campaign Map of the Battle of the Little Bighorn The Wolf Mountains -- Crow's Nest Lt. Located in the Wolf Mountains, near the hill called the Crow's Nest, about noon on June 25, 1876, Lt. Captain Fredrick Benteen The Battle Begins -- Reno Charges The Village Picture 1 looks south-- As with all photos, please click on Picture 1 to enlarge and observe the paths of Custer and Reno taken during this phase of the battle. 2a.
Picture 2a. 3a. Reno Retreats 4a. The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876. The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876 In late 1875, Sioux and Cheyenne Indians defiantly left their reservations, outraged over the continued intrusions of whites into their sacred lands in the Black Hills. They gathered in Montana with the great warrior Sitting Bull to fight for their lands. The following spring, two victories over the US Cavalry emboldened them to fight on in the summer of 1876. To force the large Indian army back to the reservations, the Army dispatched three columns to attack in coordinated fashion, one of which contained Lt.
Colonel George Custer and the Seventh Cavalry. Spotting the Sioux village about fifteen miles away along the Rosebud River on June 25, Custer also found a nearby group of about forty warriors. Reno's squadron of 175 soldiers attacked the southern end. Just as they finished driving the soldiers out, the Indians found roughly 210 of Custer's men coming towards the other end of the village, taking the pressure off of Reno's men. Custer's Last Stand . American Experience . WGBH.