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Crow Agency in Big Horn County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

By Michael Stroud, circa June 1992

1. Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Marker

A monument to the Fallen 7th Cavalry, it bears the names of the 7th Cavalry officers and enlisted men who fought "to the death."

Inscription. (Bottom of Marker): In memory of
Officers and soldiers who fell near this place
fighting with the 7th United States Cavalry
against the Sioux Indians
on the 25th and 26th of June,
A.D. 1876
(The rest of the marker includes names of the officers and soldiers who died on the battlefield. They include): Bvt. Maj. Gen’l. G. A. Custer
Captains
M. W. Keogh • G.W. Yates • T. W. Custer
Lieutenants
W. W. Cooke • A. E. Smith • Donald McIntosh • James Calhoun • J.E. Porter • B.H. Hodgson • J. C. Sturgis • W. Van W. Reily • J. J. Crittenden • H.M. Harrington
Assistant Surgeons
G. E. Lord • J.M. De Wolf
Soldiers W. H. Sharrow • Geo. Eiseman • James Dalious • Gustave Engle • J.E. Armstrong • James Nathersall • Rich’d Rollins • Alpheus Stuart • Jnd Sullivan • Ignatz Stungwitz • T.P. Sweetser • Ludwig St. John • Rich’d Dorn • Garrett Van Allen • Jere Finley • D. T. Warner • August Finckle • Henry Wyman • T. J. Bucknell • Chas. Vincent • Wm. Kramer • Pat’k Colden • Geo. Howwell • Edw’d Housen • Jnd Brightfield • Fred’k Hohmeyer • Christopher Criddle • Rich’d Farrell
(Panel 2):
Henry Voss • Nathan Short • Wm. Moodie • John Thadus • G.B.

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Marker </b>(Panel 2 and adjacent marker) Photo, Click for full size

August 26, 2007

2. Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Marker (Panel 2 and adjacent marker)

Mask • W.B. Right • Edwin Bobo • J.S. Ogden • H.E. French • W.B. James • Jnd. Foley • Thos. Hagan • Dan’l Ryan • H.S. Mason • Jnd. King • G.G. Brown • F.E. Allan • A.H. Meyer • Jno Lewis • Thos. McElroy • August Meyer • C.A. Moonie • Fred’k Meier • W. H. Baker • Edgar Phillips • Rob’t Barth • Jnd. Rauter • Owen Boyle • Edw’d Rix • James Brogan • J.H. Russell • Edw’d Conner • S.S. Shade • Jnd. Darris • Jere Shea • Wm. Davis • Syker Henderson • James Garney • Jno. Henderson • Anton Dohman • Andy Knect • Timothy Donnally • H.T. Liddiard • Wm Gardiner • Pat’k O’Connor • C.W. Hammon • Henry Shele • Gustav Klein • Wm. Smallwood • Herman Xnauth • James Smith 1st • James Smith 2nd • W. L. Liemann • Christian Madson • Benj Stafford • Joseph Monroe • Cornelius Vansant • Sebastian Omling • Mich’l Kenney • Pat’k Rudden • Fred’k Nursey • Rich’d Saunders • J.N. Wilkinson • F.W. Siglous • Chas. Coleman • Geo. Warren • Benj Brandon • Edw’d Botzer • Benj Brandon • Edw’d Botzer • J.R. Manning • Martin Considine • Thos. Atcheson • James Martin • Lucien Burnham • Otto Hagemann
(Panel 3)
Jno. Heim • W. M. Lerock • J. S. Hiley • W. A. Lossee • Wm. Huber • F. E. Milton • M. H. Bees • T. M. Way • Edw’d Rood • Henry Dose • A. A. Smith • Benj.

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Marker </b>(Panels 3 and 4) Photo, Click for full size

By Martha Stephens, January 1, 2006

3. Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Marker (Panels 3 and 4)

Wells • Alex Stella • A. J. Moore • W. A. Torrey • Jno. Rafp • Geo. Walker • Goe. Lell • Jno. Vickory • J. D. Jones • Wm. Teeman • Jno. Wild • John Briody • C. C. Morris • Wm. Brown • H. A. Bailey • B. F. Brown • Jno. Barry • Wm. Brady • C. H. Gross • Pat’k Bruce • M. E. Horn • A. D. Cather • E. W. Lloyd • Jno. Kelly • Geo. Post • Crawford Selby • Fred K. Lehman • J. J. McGinnis • Henry Lehmann • Henry Seafferman • Jno. Mitchell • Edw’d Danley • Jacob Moshang • T. E. Meador • Jno O’Bryan • F. E. Varden • Jno. Parker • James Bustard • F. J. Pitter • S. F. Staples • J. W. Rossbury • Jno. McCucker • Chas. Van Bramer • J. W. Patton • De Witt Winney • J. F. Broadhurst • J. J. Callahan • Thos. Connors • Julius Helmer • T. P. Downing • James Butler • Edw’d Driscoll • W. H. Harrison • D. C. Gillette • W. H. Gilbert • E. P. Holcomb • Fred’k Walsh • Adam Hetesimer • Chas. Siemon • Pat’k Kelley • Chas. Perkins
(Panel 4)
James Quinn • Jmo. Miller • Wm. Reed • Peter McCue • D. L. Symms • W. B Rogers • J. E. Troy • Chas. Schmidt • W. B. Wraley • Chas. Scott • R. H. Hughes • And’w Snow • E. F. Clear • E. D. Tessier • Wm. Cashan • T. s. Tweed • A. B. Warren • M. F. O’Hara • Jno. Seiler • H. M. Scollin • W. H. Heath • Fred’k Streing • C. E. Adams • Henry Cordon • Jno. Burke • Geo Lorentz • Wm.

March 18, 2002

4. Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Marker

Dye • W. D. Meyer • Jno. Duggan • C. E. Smith • J. J. Calvan • J. J. Tauner • Louis Haucci • Henry Turlem • F. F. Hughes • H. C. Voirt • Anthony Assadily • T. E. Maxwell • Wm Andrews • Chas. McCarthy • Elmer Babcock • D. J. O’Connell • Ami Cheever • Christian Reibold • W. B. Crisfield • Henry Roberts • Chas. Graham • Bent Siemonson • Weston Harrington • Byron Tarbox • Henry Hamilton • Mich’l Vetter • T. G. Kavanagh • Henry Klotzburcher • Louis Lobering • David Summers • Bartholomew Mahoney
Arikaree Indian Scouts Bloody Knife • Bobtailed Bull • Little Soldier
Civilians Boston Custer • Mark Kellogg • Arthur Reed • Chas. Reynolds • Mitch Boyer • F. C. Mann • Isaiah

(Separate, smaller marker in front of the Monument) The Memorial
The remains of about 220 soldiers, scouts and civilians are buried around the base of this memorial.

The white marble headstones scattered over the battlefield denote where the slain troopers were found and originally buried. In 1881 they were reinterred in a single grave on this site.

The officers’ remains were removed in 1877 to various cemeteries throughout the country. General Custer was buried at West Point.

Erected by the National Park Service

Custer Fell Here Photo, Click for full size

By Michael Stroud, circa June 1992

5. Custer Fell Here

His Brother Tom, fell nearby

.

Location. 45° 34.23′ N, 107° 25.672′ W. Marker is in Crow Agency, Montana, in Big Horn County. Marker can be reached from Interstate 90 at milepost 510 near U.S. 212. Click for map. Marker is one mile East of I-90. Marker is in this post office area: Crow Agency MT 59022, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Companies C & E (within shouting distance of this marker); Companies F and I (approx. 0.4 miles away); Calhoun Hill (approx. 0.7 miles away); Medicine Tail Coulee Ford (approx. 1.7 miles away); Weir Point Fight (approx. 2.9 miles away); Custer Last Seen (approx. 3.1 miles away); Little Bighorn Battlefield (approx. 4.1 miles away).

More about this marker. Located in southeastern Montana, within the Crow Indian Reservation, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument memorializes the site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn which took place on June 25-26, 1876.

Regarding Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. The two-day battle took place between the U.S. Army's Seventh Cavalry, guided by Crow and Arikara scouts and led by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, against bands of Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho, led by Chief Sitting Bull.

Little Bighorn was the pinnacle of the Indians' power. They had achieved their greatest victory yet, but soon their tenuous union fell apart in the face of the white onslaught. Outraged over the death of a popular Civil War hero on the eve of the Centennial, the nation demanded and Indians received harsh retribution.

Last Stand Hill Photo, Click for full size

By Michael Stroud, circa June 1992

6. Last Stand Hill

Some of the Markers of where 7th Cavalry soldiers fell.

Also see . . .
1. Battle of Little Bighorn. (Submitted on December 20, 2007, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
2. Bighorn Battlefield. (Submitted on December 20, 2007, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
3. National Park Service. (Submitted on December 20, 2007, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
4. Changing Faces of Last Stand Hill. Photographs demonstrating the changes of Last Stand Hill over the years. Many photographs presented on this site were never before published. (Submitted on December 21, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.)
5. Wikipedia entry for The Black Hills War. (Submitted on April 11, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
6. Wikipedia entry for Isaiah Dorman. (Submitted on April 11, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)

Additional comments.
1. Isaiah Dorman
Isaiah Dorman was the only Black man killed in the battle. His first name is listed on the monument under "Civilians". His surname, "Dorman," was unexplainably excluded from the inscription. Escaping from slavery as a youth, Dorman found refuge with the Lakota and was highly regarded as an interpreter and all-around plainsman on the post-Civil War frontier.

— Submitted April 11, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.

2. Pvt. Thomas E. Meador
The subject line name, Pvt. Thomas E. Meador, seems not to be listed on the Monument. I have a photo of a tombstone at Little Bighorn with his name on it as being killed on June 6, 1876. Any information on this
would be helpful.
David W. Meador

Editor's Note: At the time of your comment, we only had pictures and names from panels 1 and 2. Pvt. Meador is listed on panel 3, so was not included here until now. Please feel free to contribute the picture you have of his tombstone.

"Arikara Indian Scouts and Civilians" Photo, Click for full size

By Richard E. Miller, circa July 1, 2003

7. "Arikara Indian Scouts and Civilians"

Also inscribed with the names of the 7th Cavalry troopers killed in this battle are those of three Arikaree [i.e. "Arikara"] Indian Scouts: Bloody Knife, Bobtailed Bull, and Little Soldier; plus seven Civilians: Boston Custer (a forager, another of General Custer's brothers), Arthur [Harry Armstrong 'Autie'] Reed (a packer, the general's nephew), Mitch Boyer (a scout and interpreter), Chas.['Lonesome Charley'] Reynolds (a guide and hunter), Mark Kellogg (a newspaper reporter), F[rank] C. Mann (a packer), and "Isaiah" (an interpreter).

— Submitted April 16, 2009, by Davd Meador of Martinsville,, Indiana.

Additional keywords. Black Hills War, Frontier

Markers Where 7th Cavalry Soldiers Fell Photo, Click for full size

July 23, 2007

8. Markers Where 7th Cavalry Soldiers Fell

Last Stand Hill, June 25, 1876 Photo, Click for full size

July 23, 2007

9. Last Stand Hill, June 25, 1876

"Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors surround this position near the climax of the battle. Lt.Col. George Armstrong Custer and approximately 41 men, shoot their horses for breastworks and fight to the death. Custer and several soldiers were found at the crest of the hill while others were discovered along the slope. This was the famed 'Last Stand' of legend."

Captain Thomas W. Custer Photo, Click for full size

Wikipedia Open Source

10. Captain Thomas W. Custer

Thomas Ward Custer (March 15,1845 – June 25, 1876), U.S. Army officer and two-time winner of the Medal of Honor for bravery during the American Civil War. A younger brother of George Armstrong Custer, and perished with him on the Little Bighorn Battlefield.
Click for more information.

By Michael Stroud, circa June 1992

11. Park Sign

Stay on paved walks.
Caution, you are in rattlesnake country!

"Peace Through Unity" Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn Battlefield NM. Dedicated June 25, 2003. Photo, Click for full size

By Richard E. Miller, circa July 1, 2003

12. "Peace Through Unity" Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn Battlefield NM. Dedicated June 25, 2003.

By Thomas Onions, July 31, 2005

13. Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Marker

This photo is of the headstone of Thomas Custer at the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Grave of George A. Custer Photo, Click for full size

By Bill Coughlin, September 5, 2009

14. Grave of George A. Custer

Custer's remains were laid to rest at the West Point Cemetery at the U.S. Military Academy.

Custer's Grave at West Point Photo, Click for full size

By Bill Coughlin, September 5, 2009

15. Custer's Grave at West Point

George A. Custer
Lt. Col. 7th Cavalry
Bvt. Maj. Gen. U.S. Army
----------
Born
December 5th 1889, Harrison Co. Ohio
Killed
with his entire command
in the
Battle
of
“Little Big Horn”
June 25th 1876.

Credits. This page originally submitted on December 20, 2007, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 4,482 times since then. Last updated on April 11, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page was the Marker of the Week June 21, 2009. Photos: 1. Submitted on December 20, 2007, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 2. Submitted on December 20, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. 3. Submitted on May 13, 2009. 4. Submitted on December 20, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. 5, 6. Submitted on December 20, 2007, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 7. Submitted on April 10, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 8, 9. Submitted on December 20, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. 10, 11. Submitted on December 20, 2007, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 12. Submitted on April 10, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 13. Submitted on June 21, 2009, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas. 14. Submitted on September 6, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey. 15. Submitted on September 7, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.

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