Battle of the Little Bighorn - Custer's Last Stand

On June 25th, 1876, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and the U.S. Seventh Cavalry led a strike force of 647 men against the Lakota, Sioux, and Cheyenne Indians in southeastern Montana. This battle became known as The Battle of the Little Bighorn, or Custer's Last Stand. To the Native Americans it was called the Battle of the Greasy Grass.

By the end of the day, the battle was over and Custer and more than 200 of his men lay dead. This is the story of that battle, of it's origins and aftermath.

There is much material to choose from here. You can:

Read about the battle - why and how it happened

Take an online photo tour of the battlefield

Join our Little Bighorn discussion forums

Look at battlefield relics discovered in archeological digs

Read first-hand accounts of the battle & other documents

View pictures and short biographies of many of the people involved

Listen to Garryowen, Seventh Cavalry's battle song

Find information about battle reenactments and visitor information


Hold your horses in boys, there are plenty of them down there for all of us!" - George Custer