Accession Number:

AD1018582

Title:

Custer Revisited

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Air Command and Staff College, Air University Maxwell Air Force Base United States

Personal Author(s):

• Eibe,Eric E.

Report Date:

2010-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

One hundred and thirty-three years ago 268 soldiers of the U.S. 7th Calvary Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, were annihilated by several thousand Indians on the banks of the Little Bighorn River. Unlike battles such as Midway, Gettysburg, and Yorktown which are typically scrutinized for their impact on the outcome of their respective conflict, the Battle of the Little Bighorn is unique in that it tends to be examined not for its impact on the events of its time, but for the motives and actions of its central figure, George A. Custer.

Descriptors:

• military history
• reconnaissance
• battlefields
• leadership
• conflict
• united states government
• military personnel
• civil war
• military operations
• american indians

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE