Does the museum have specimens from the famous Battle of the Little Big Horn, otherwise known as Custers Last Stand?
Yes, the museum holds two anatomical specimens and one historical artifact from the Battle of Little Big Horn. One of the anatomical specimens is the hip bone of Frank Braun, a soldier under Captain Benteen, who was in command of companies “D”, “H”, and “K” and had been directed by Gen. Custer of the 7th U.S. Cavalry to explore the area in a southwesterly direction and to “pitch into anything that he might find.” Braun was shot in the hip, and the bone shows the ensuing infection that eventually killed him. The other anatomical specimen is a large portion of the cranium (without the face) that was picked up in a ravine on the site of battlefield several years after the battle. From an examination by the museum’s anatomical collections curator, the skull is most likely that of a U.S. soldier. It shows three interesting pieces of evidence: a gunshot wound (with entrance and exit wounds), several cut marks, and the tip of an iron blade embedded in the skull. The historical artifact recove
Yes, the museum holds two anatomical specimens and one historical artifact from the Battle of Little Big Horn. One of the anatomical specimens is the hip bone of Frank Braun, a soldier under Captain Benteen, who was in command of companies “D”, “H”, and “K” and had been directed by Gen. Custer of the 7th U.S. Cavalry to explore the area in a southwesterly direction and to “pitch into anything that he might find.” Braun was shot in the hip, and the bone shows the ensuing infection that eventually killed him. The other anatomical specimen is a large portion of the cranium (without the face) that was picked up in a ravine on the site of battlefield several years after the battle. From an examination by the museum’s anatomical collections curator, the skull is most likely that of a U.S. soldier. It shows three interesting pieces of evidence: a gunshot wound (with entrance and exit wounds), several cut marks, and the tip of an iron blade embedded in the skull. The historical artifact recove
