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| Title | Custer Monument and battlefield |
| Date of Original | between 1881 and 1910 |
| Description | The 7th Cavalry monument sits within a fence at the top of a hill on the Little Bighorn Battlefield. Markers on the hillside show where soldiers originally fell and were buried after the battle. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Military
Cemeteries and graves
Historic sites
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Battlefields
Graves
Monuments & memorials
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| Subject (LCSH) | Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 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 | 1880-1889
1890-1899
1900-1909
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| Item Number | C0820-2 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Transcription | "Monument of Bvt. Maj. General George Armstrong Custer (Lt. Col. 7th U.S. Cavalry) who was killed in action with Chiefs Gall, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, at Little Big Horn River, Mont. Terry 25 June 1876 together with 212 enlisted men, 7th Cav'y, and the following named officers of his command, some of whose burial stones are shown in this photo. Capts. Tom W. Custer; Geo. W. Yates; Myles W. Keogh; Lieuts. W.W. Cooke; A.E. Smith; Jas. Calhoun; Jas. E. Porter; H.M. Harrington: J.E. Sturgis; W.V. Reiley; J.J. Crittenden, [illegible]; [illegible]"--Handwritten on back of photograph. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | The remains of about 220 soldiers, scouts and civilians are buried around the base of this monument. In 1881, bodies were exhumed from the battlefield and reburied in a single grave here. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | State Historical Society of North Dakota Photograph Collection C
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (C0820-2) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | shC08202 |
