by Thom Hatch
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Index
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Adams, Mary
alcoholism
aliases
Allison, William B.
Allison Commission
American Horse (chief)
ammunition supply
Apache
Arapaho
Arikara
Astor, John Jacob
Bacon, Daniel
Bacon, Elizabeth (“Libbie”). See Custer, Elizabeth Bacon
Baker, Gerard
Baliran, Augustus
Ball, John H
Ballard, S. H.
Barnitz, Albert
Barrows, Samuel
Bates, Charles
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Killdeer Mountain
Battle of Summit Springs
Battle of the Little Bighorn. See also defeat, explanations for; Little Bighorn Campaign; myths and mysteries; Reno Court of Inquiry
ammunition supply at
archaeological evidence at
burial detail at
Custer, G. A., as scapegoat for
Custer, G. A., decision to separate into three battalions
Custer, G. A., final moments
Custer, G. A., June 1876 orders from Terry
Custer, G. A., orders to Reno
hand-to-hand combat during
Indian losses at
Indian weaponry at
mass grave of Seventh Cavalry troopers
missing-in-action
Reno aborting orders at
Reno’s panicked retreat at
revisionist interpretation of
Terry-Gibbons Column to identify bodies at
Battle of the Washita
Custer, Elizabeth, book about
Beaver Dam Station
Belknap, William W.
Bell, Emeline (wife)
Bell, James M.
Benham, D. W.
Bennett, C. W.
Bennett, James Gordon, Jr.
Benteen, Frederick William
background
Custer, G. A., orders to
as Custer, G. A., critic
dawdling
at Little Bighorn battle
death of
Enlisted Men’s Petition for
–Goldin correspondence
letter to wife implicating Custer, G. A.
neglect of orders at Little Bighorn
ordered to hurry by Custer, G. A.
pinned down at Custer Hill
Reno and
at sight of Custer, G. A., body
survival tactics of
suspended for misconduct
The Benteen-Goldin Letters on Custer and His Last Battle (Carroll)
Big Foot (chief)
Bighead, Kate
Bighorn Mountains
Bingham, John A.
Black Buffalo Woman
Black Hills
gold rush in
Great Sioux Reservation encompassing
Lakota Sioux claim to
Panic of 1873 impacting policy toward
Sherman and Terry’s opinion on expedition through
Black Hills Expedition (1874)
legality of
Black Kettle (chief)
Black Shawl
Blackfeet
Blinn, Clara
Bloody Knife
killing of
Blue Horse
body mutilation
Boots and Saddles or, Life in Dakota with General Custer (Custer, Elizabeth)
born-again, Custer, G. A., profession of faith
Bouyer, Minton (“Mitch”)
Bozeman, John
Bozeman Trail
Braden, Charles
Bradley, James A.
Bridger, Jim
Brisbin, James
Brulé
buffalo
Buffalo Bill. See Cody, William F. (“Buffalo Bill”)
Bullhead
Burgess, Lulie
Burkman, John W.
burial site of
Butler, Benjamin F.
Calhoun, James (“Jimmy”)
body of
Calhoun, Margaret Custer (“Maggie”)(wife)
Camp, Walter
Camp Supply
cannibalism
cannon
Custer, G. A., memory of
Forsyth, J., use of, at Wounded Knee
Gatling guns versus
Capehart, Henry
Carr, Eugene
Carroll, John M.
Carson, Kit
cavalry recruits
brotherhood among
fatigue and malnourishment of
newly trained
Cedar Creek battle
Central Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne