WHAT WAS CUSTERS LAST STAND?
At the height of the Indian Wars in the United States, a bloody battle ensued between the United States Army and a combined fighting force of Lakota and Northern Cheyenne Indians. The battle, known as the Battle of the Little Big Horn, saw the demise of the Army’s 7th Cavalry, lead by General George Armstrong Custer. On June 25 and 26, 1876, Custer’s cavalry was slaughtered by the combined Indian forces in the fateful battle, known commonly and colloquially in the United States as Custer’s Last Stand.
