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Battle of the Little Bighorn: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Custer’s Last Stand
Date June 25, 1876
Location Montana • United States
Participants Cheyenne • Oceti Sakowin • United States
Context Second Treaty of Fort Laramie • Black Hills War • Plains Wars

Photos and Videos

White grave markers scattered across a grassy hillside at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana, with open plains and a distant fence in the background.
Battle of the Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull
Portrait of U.S. military officer George Armstrong Custer by Mathew Brady, showing Custer in uniform with arms crossed and wearing a wide-brimmed hat.
George Custer and Crazy Horse
Battle of the Little Bighorn
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana
Little Bighorn, Battle of the
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White grave markers scattered across a grassy hillside at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana, with open plains and a distant fence in the background.
Battle of the Little Bighorn
June 25, 1876

Key People

Portrait of U.S. military officer George Armstrong Custer by Mathew Brady, showing Custer in uniform with arms crossed and wearing a wide-brimmed hat.
George Armstrong Custer
United States military officer
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
Lakota chief
Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse
Oceti Sakowin chief
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Oceti Sakowin chief

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