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| Title | The silent sentinels of the 'Seventh' |
| Date of Original | between 1881 and 1910 |
| Description | A view of some of the markers on the Little Bighorn Battlefield, including one shaped like a cross. |
| 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 | C0821 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Transcription | "The Custer Battlefield, Little Big Horn River, Mont. Terr'y. Here, on 25 June, 1876, five troops, 212 enlisted men and seventeen commissioned officers of the command of Lieut. Col. Geo. Armstrong Custer, 7th U.S. Cavalry were killed by hostile Indians under Gall, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and their followers. We call the photo 'The silent sentinels of the Seventh'"--Handwritten on back of photograph. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Most of the 7th Cavalry casualties were buried where they fell on the battlefield. In 1881, the remaining bodies were exhumed and reburied at the top of Custer Hill where the 7th Cavalry monument now stands. |
| 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 (C0821) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | shC0821 |
