Deep in south-central Montana, just off Route 212, lies Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, the site where 263 soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry fought thousands of Sioux and ...

This story appears in the June 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Fifty years after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, survivors gather in Montana. The men—including 82-year-old Brig.

Many of the troops were buried in shallow graves where they lay at Little Bighorn. Some officials were recovered and buried elsewhere in the United States and General Custer’s remains were taken ...

Colonel George Armstrong Custer and the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn. Americans have always remembered the battle. What we often forget are the difficult decisions ...

For a little background, Little Bighorn Battlefield is located in a remote region of Southeast Montana, not too far from the Wyoming border. It’s claim to fame is that it is the site that is als ...

As a soldier, General Ulysses S. Grant had depended upon the able assistance of Ely S. Parker, a Seneca Indian. As president, Grant tried with little success to ensure peaceful relations with ...