The Last Days of George Armstrong Custer (60 page)

Sioux Warrior Rain-in-the-Face.
(Courtesy Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument)

1st. Lt. William W. Cooke, 1875.
(Courtesy Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument)

Capt. Frederick W. Benteen, 1885.
(Courtesy Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument)

Scout “Lonesome Charley” Reynolds, 1874.
(Courtesy Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument)

Harry “Autie” Reed
(Courtesy Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument)

Capt. Tom Custer
(Courtesy Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument)

1st Lt. James Calhoun
(Courtesy Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument)

Painting
Custer's Last Fight
by Cassilly Adams, 1885. This painting was later recreated by Otto Becker for a famous advertisement by Anheuser-Busch that adorned saloon walls in the late nineteenth century.
(Courtesy Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument)

Painting
Battle of the Little Big Horn
by Cheyenne White Bird.
(Courtesy Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument)

 

 

Also by Thom Hatch

Glorious War: The Civil War Adventures of George Armstrong Custer

The Last Outlaws: The Lives and Legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Osceola and the Great Seminole War: A Struggle for Justice and Freedom

Encyclopedia of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution

Black Kettle: The Cheyenne Chief Who Sought Peace but Found War

The Blue, the Gray, & the Red: Indian Campaigns of the Civil War

The Custer Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to the Life of George Armstrong Custer and the Plains Indian Wars

Clashes of Cavalry: The Civil War Careers of George Armstrong Custer and Jeb Stuart

Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn: An Encyclopedia of the People, Places, Events, Indian Culture and Customs, Information Sources, Art and Films

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

THOM HATCH is the author of nine books, including
The Last American Outlaws: The Lives and Legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
and
The Custer Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to the Life of George Armstrong Custer and the Plains Indians Wars.
A Marine Corps Vietnam veteran and a historian who specializes in the American West, the Civil War, and Native American conflicts, Hatch has received the prestigious Spur Award from the Western Writers of America for his previous work. He lives in Colorado with his wife and daughter.

Visit him online at
www.ThomHatch.com
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THE LAST DAYS OF GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER.
Copyright © 2015 by Thom Hatch. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

www.stmartins.com

Cover design by Lisa Marie Pompilio

Cover illustrations: Custer © Peter Newark American Pictures/Bridgeman Images; Battle of the Little BigHorn © Bridgeman Images

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Hatch, Thom, 1946–

     The last days of George Armstrong Custer: the true story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn / by Thom Hatch.—First edition.

           pages cm

     Includes bibliographical references.

     ISBN 978-1-250-05102-8 (hardcover)

     ISBN 978-1-4668-5197-9 (e-book)

  1.   Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876. 2.   Custer, George A. (George Armstrong,) 1839–1876. I.  Title.

E83.876.H3713 2015

973.8'2—dc23

2014033624

e-ISBN 9781466851979

First Edition: February 2015