During the Battle of the Little Bighorn, 17 Canadians stood by
Lieutenant-Colonel Custer’s side. There were 17 Canadians present
when Lieutenant-Colonel George Armstrong Custer made his last stand in
the battle at Little Bighorn River in 1876. Some had served in the
Civil War, some were close friends or admirers of Custer, and some
were mercenaries who just wanted a job with adventure. William Winer
Cooke, the scion of two prominent wealthy families in Upper Canada,
became Custer’s right-hand man. Mark Kellogg, a Canadian-American,
was a journalist who joined the expedition by chance and documented
the adventure in newspaper articles sent back east. Sitting Bull and
Crazy Horse were among the leaders of the Sioux and Cheyenne
nations’ victorious warriors in this desperate attempt to save their
lands from the white invasion. Canadians with Custer tells the stories
of the Canadians who joined the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United
States Army and provides new information on Custer’s fatal battle.
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ISBN
9781459704084
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Dundurn
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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