Participants in the Battle of the Little Big Horn - A Biographical Dictionary of Sioux, Cheyenne and United States Military Personnel, 2d ed

The Battle of the Little Big Horn was the decisive engagement of the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877. In its second edition this biographical dictionary of all known participants--the 7th Cavalry, civilians and Indians--provides a brief description of the battle, as well as information on the various tribes, their customs and methods of fighting. Seven appendices cover the units soldiers were assigned to, uniforms and equipment of the cavalry, controversial listings of scouts and the number of Indians in the encampments, the location of camps on the way to the Big Horn and more. Updated biographies are provided for many European soldiers, along with an additional 5,060 names of Indians who were or could have been in the battle.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Abbreviations viii

A Special Thanks

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

I.¿The Seventh Cavalry

II.¿Civilians, Quartermaster Employees, and Scouts

III.¿Indians Present and Estimates of Their Strength

Appendices

A.¿Unit Rosters and Strength Summaries at the Battle

B.¿Lists of Scouts: Williams, Graham, and Camp

C.¿Demographics and Length of Service

D.¿Regimental Duty Stations

E.¿Horses, Uniforms and Weapons, and Tactics

F.¿Indian Encampments Leading to the Little Big Horn

G.¿Indian Dispositions and Weapons, June 25, 1876

H.¿Indian Population at the Little Big Horn

I.¿Maps

Bibliography

Index

About the author

The late Frederic C. Wagner III served as an officer both in the U.S. Army and the New York Army National Guard. He was a decorated Vietnam veteran and worked for 22 years on Wall Street, mostly as a commodities broker. He lived in Pleasantville, New York.

Product details

• Authors: Frederic C. Wagner
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.01.2016
• EAN: 9781476664590
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6459-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 630 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Military / General, REFERENCE / Dictionaries, military history, Indigenous Peoples, Local History, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Dictionaries, Relating to Native American people, US West, Custer, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies