The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-28
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 1nnwneinxthe. -xz1tey of the Little n fnsstur. the gallant commander of l9nA Seventh u- 8. CAivalry. and a dnRnchnaenksufe1aH<c were ut HAxne annfhtlaeea by the Sioux h. fdnnsson-sIane z5th,, 1S76. The de- FAHha of that dfsasserous battle Iuhockede the -SehoAe United States and the Saeash ntsrhe flashing Custer and his 1intropxd command was sincerely lnourned by e-nztfon. The monu- pncn< which, now marks the site or kthe- Custer batxfeeeid is a lasting tes- ktnnnontal oc the grief and admiration tot the e-American~>pe people
 j The Indian campaign of '76 was focused by thoarf5ioux Indians up in kfontaua. going on a rampage and ,,ornnftting various depredations and nafraxes. nEas.designed as a pun Elafvo measure to show the Indians EAat they could not burn and slay Psnalefacess' with 1mpunity. Gen. Caster who had fought in the CIVIL war and who had subsequently, seen much Indian fighting was looked up- Ion, ssss ths, logical choice for the com tnaand of the expedition Just pr1or Ito the start of the campaign, however Cluster quarreiled with President Grant and was reduced in rank. lHeuce the command of the expedi- -xsom vas given to Gen Terry another noted Indian fighter At first it was believed that as q result of his dis agreement with President Grant, Gus ter would mot be permitted to take -bpart in the campaign at all but he finally obtained permission to go in a. smfbordinate capacity- At a con- ference aboard the Steamer Far West, Coaster. received his orders from Gen liTycrry. These orders directed Custef to proceed up the Rosebud river with hfs regiment in pursuit of Indians whose trail had been discovered Ac- | icprdimg1y Custer started forth at the head off the Seventh Cavalry He cut off a,ss lorgS hair which had gained Shirn the title of Yellow Hair from the IndGans and wore no Insignia Of ;srark. After s forced march, azr7v- yimsy i'm saEht of a large Indian village 0m tine 18th Of June Perhaps eau t1aom should have coUnseled Custer tus await the columns under Generals Terry and Gibbons, before attacking butt the dashing cavalry officer had ever been dTsdafnfu1 of his red zaxdmmed adveEsarys and he decided to advance He divided his force into raree detachments under himelf. Ma for Marcus Reno and Captain F. w. Benteen- His plan was for Reno to AtHack the village at it's upper end, he himself, to attack the lower end amM Benteen to pitch into anything he came across.
 Clusters defeat has been charged tn Ma5or Reno and it is indisputeble that taais officer was at fault As di- krssct@d by Custer he charged the up- per end of the village but the faci that the redskins appeared in heavy dpr-re led him to check the attack amd ansbead of pressing on to effect a Jmnction with Custer, dismounted his men and began a. retreat to 3 stz-ong position where he posted his mem i'm am attitude of defense Mean wIaila Cuzster with his httle detaGh- rnemt reached the lower end of the vdHEngm and thundered down the slope Itm tHn@ attaclk- Awaiting him were suvs-r two thousand braves under cover EamM they pored in whitening fire Th@ cpwarcice of Reno enabled Slit Tng ESmHa, the veteran chief of the Ssinux, t0 mass his entire strength a4ahrsst Custer It was impossible tfrr amy troops to charge on in the efacp of such a demoralizing fire an6 CSuster was forced to dismount hi. trpopers and stand at bay The In aaianrs urged on by Chief Gall, Twt .NLn,cus; and others, encircged tht dqoomed detachment and pore.d in z 'Hnwt fire There was no hoIse for tht sunror1nded cavalry except Reno anC he w7as irrtre1rched four miles ava. u,o0 frightened to nnlze the slightes .atHFrrmIt to come to their aid So ths ff1fn blue line dwindled and fna1l.
 wesnt down fighting to fa1e last Ever. ifiirr4Ie unit of that troop was wipe' Gu1rt. TIhe only survivor of the i'll faHed destaGhment was Co1nanche, tn
 horse of private Keogh- After tn hg.ht taHe Indians.s feardIng the veng esarese of resccufng commands urde, Henry anHd Gibbons, fled across tn
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