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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MLP_renos-valley-fight_Garryowen-MT.html
After fording the Little Bighorn River one mile to your left, Reno's battalion gallops down the valley below. Convinced he is vastly outnumbered, Reno dismounts, and forms a skirmish line across the valley floor, firing into the lodges.Warriors in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MLN_renos-retreat_Garryowen-MT.html
Under mounting pressure, Reno abandons the timber. His retreat disintegrates into a rout as pursuing warriors ride in amongst the troopers killing more than 30 soldiers. Indian casualties are few. Lakota and Cheyennes drive the cavalry across the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MLK_deep-ravine_Garryowen-MT.html
Deep Ravine (Crazy Horse Gully & Grey Horse Ravine) was the scene of fierce fighting during the battle. Crazy Horse, and other Sioux and Cheyenne warriors crossed the Little Bighorn River (in front of you) and rode up the ravine during the attack …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MLH_last-stand-hill-june-25-1876_Garryowen-MT.html
Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors surrounded this position near the climax of the battle. Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and approximately 41 men, shoot their horses for breastworks and fight to the death. Custer and several soldiers were f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MLF_indian-memorial_Garryowen-MT.html
An Indian memorial to honor Native American participation in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, June 25-26, 1876, and change the name of Custer Battlefield National Monument to Little Bighorn National Monument, was authorized by Congress in 1991 an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M51_tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier_Garryowen-MT.html
On this site in 1876 the historic Battle of the Little Big Horn began. "When we stand side by side in the circle of no beginning and no ending, the first maker, creator of all things, is in the center. He hears the words of supplication and b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A99_garryowen_Garryowen-MT.html
Garryowen, the old Irish tune, was the regimental marching song of the 7th U.S. Cavalry, General Custer's command.
The Battle of the Little Big Horn commenced in the valley just east of here June 25, 1876, after Custer had ordered Major Marcus A.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUOG_seventh-cavalry-horse-cemetery_Garryowen-MT.html
After the battle, 39 cavalry horses that had been shot for breastworks during Custer's Last Stand, were found among the dead on Last Stand Hill. In 1879, a temporary cordwood monument was erected by the Army on the crest of the hill. The area, str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUO5_wooden-leg-hill_Garryowen-MT.html
The hill in front of you was occupied by Lakota, and Cheyenne during the fight on Last Stand Hill. An unknown Sioux warrior wearing a warbonnet was killed here while firing his rifle at soldiers positioned behind a horse barricade on the crest of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUO0_sharpshooter-ridge_Garryowen-MT.html
June 25-26, 1876 - From the ridge to your right, Custer first views the village. Needing more information about the extent of the encampment, he moves further north. After witnessing the beginning of Reno's charge, Custer's five companies descend …