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| Title | Grave of Lieutenant J.J. Crittenden, Little Bighorn Battlefield |
| Date of Original | 192-? |
| Description | A view of the grave of Lieutenant John J. Crittenden on the Little Big Horn. Both the headstone and footstone are visible. Nearby, a stone marks the place where James Calhoun fell. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Military
Cemeteries and graves
Historic sites
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Graves
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Battlefields
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| Subject (LCSH) | Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
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| Personal Name | Crittenden, John J., d. 1876
Calhoun, James, 1845-1876
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| Organization Name | United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
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| Location | Little Bighorn Battlefield (Mont.)
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| Decade | 1920-1929
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| Item Number | 00200-4x5-C509 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Biography/History | John J. Crittenden was a second lieutenant in the Seventh Cavalry, and was the son of Union general Thomas Leonidas Crittenden. James Calhoun was married to George Custer's sister Margaret, and was appointed First Lieutenant of the Seventh Cavalry. Calhoun's body was reinterred on the top of Custer Hill in 1877 where a granite memorial now stands. At the request of Crittenden's family, his body remained on the battlefield itself until 1931, when it was exhumed and reburied within the national cemetery grounds. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Russell Reid Photograph Collection 00200
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (00200-4x5-C509) |
| Rights Management | Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Digital ID | sh002004x5C509 |
