Battle of the Little Bighorn: References & Edit History
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Gregory J.W. Urwin
Gregory J. W. Urwin is a professor of history at Temple University and current president of the Society for Military History. He holds his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and taught in Kansas and Arkansas before moving to Temple in 1999. Urwin specializes in U.S. and British military history, particularly the American War of Independence, American Civil War, and World War II. He is now researching a social history of the 1781 British invasions of Virginia. The author or editor of nine books and numerous articles, Urwin has won the General Wallace M. Greene, Jr., Award from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and the Harold L. Peterson Award from the Eastern National Park and Monuments Association.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 18, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - George Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. | May 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Could Custer have been saved at Little Bighorn? | Sep 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Heritage - The Battle Of The Little Bighorn. | Apr 14, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Battle of the Little Bighorn. | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BYU ScholarsArchive - The Germans in the Seventh U.S. Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (PDF). | Dec 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Academy of Arts and Sciences - The Face of Battle without the Rules of War: Lessons from Red Horse & the Battle of the Little Bighorn. | Jul 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - George Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. | May 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital History - The Battle of the Little Bighorn. | Dec 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Battle of the Little Bighorn / Sioux Campaign of 1876. | Aug 13, 2023 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The Indian Wars and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. | Apr 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Legends of America - The Battle of Little Bighorn, Montana. | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 26, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 21, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument - Context and Story of the Battle. | Aug 09, 2018 | ||
| Noted that the understanding of the movements of Custer's contingent in the battle is based on Native American eyewitness accounts and archaeological evidence but ultimately is the product of conjecture. | Jan 18, 2018 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Aug 25, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Battle of Little Bighorn: Were the Weapons the Deciding Factor? | Jan 23, 2014 | ||
| Inserted two images of a pictograph of the Battle of the Little Bighorn by White Bird, a Cheyenne who had been present at the battle site. | Jun 29, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: AllSands.Com - The Battle Of Little Big Horn. | May 19, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. | May 19, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Eye Witness to History.com - The Battle of the Little Bighorn. | May 19, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Legends of America - The Battle of Little Big Horn. | May 19, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: History Learning Site - The Battle of the Little Big Horn. | May 19, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 28, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 11, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 12, 2003 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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