Medal of Honor
Courage of the Soldiers and Warriors at Custer’s Last Stand
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The Seventh Calvary General George A Custer has marched his 210 soldiers north along the bluffs lining the River and from Sharpshooter Ridge he gets his first glimpse of the huge Indian village of over 1,000 lodges. He sends a message back to hurry the pack animals. Sergeant Daniel Kanipe takes a verbal message to Benteen to end his scout to the south and bring up the packs, cutting loose any boxes that slip, but bring those packs. The troops move down Cedar Coulee into Medicine Tail Coulee, there the commander sends one or two companies down to cross the river and attack the village and thus to support Reno. Custer could see Reno's companies approaching the south end of the village from above on the ridge. At this point it is said, Custer took off his large gray hat waved it and shouted "Harrah boys we have caught them napping". For, apparently, many reasons the one or two companies cannot cross at Miniconjou Ford except for Private A. Korn whose horse escapes with him on board and races through the village until he can join Reno and his command to the south. More about Private Korn later. Now that Custer has closed with the village he can see what the scouts were trying to tell him at day break, " general, you don't have enough bullets in your whole army to fight that village down there". Now he will try every technique he can to delay because he knows how badly his men will need those packs of 24,000 rounds of ammunition.
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The world will never forget the battle that began June 25, 1876, and for good reason.
Gen. George Armstrong Custer divided his forces, and instead of waiting for ammunition and supplies, he attacked a huge Indian village on the Little Bighorn River in Eastern Montana Territory. No one has been able to reasonably explain the general’s actions because he died along with all his men.
Gerald Hickman, a former park ranger with the National Park Service at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, seeks to explore the mystery. What happened that pitted the brave soldiers against fierce warrior chiefs—including Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Lame White Man, Gaul, Wooden Leg and others—from the Lakota Teton Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes.
The chiefs did not know it then, but their victory would make the United States government and its citizens more determined than ever to place all American Indians on government-established reservations.
Take a walk through history, explore one of history’s greatest mysteries, and honor the brave men and women who died on hallowed ground with Medal of Honor.
Dr. James Carnell, D.D.S. "Medal of Honor is true history. I loved reading this book. I enjoyed it so much I gave it to my Dad and he enjoyed it as much as I did."
Vic Bailey, Spokane Historian "This book is about history but it, also, comes complete with the interesting anecdotes about the battle. Human interest stuff."
Karen McElliott, teacher, Everett, WA."Dad and Mom wanted me to send you an email thanking you for the Medal of Honor book. Dad has been reading and enjoying it.
About the Author
Gerald Hickman was a park ranger for the National Park Service at Little Bighorn and personally studied the battle grounds. He worked as a wildlife biologist and has published more than sixty articles for scientific journals and general interest magazines. He lives in Eastern Washington State with his wife Micky.