There is plenty of material about the battle out there, but a recent book,
Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick , might be the best of the bunch.
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Originally Posted by MVP
I once saw a story saying that Custer's political enemies had set his command up for annihilation. I have been interested in him as a hunter for many years (avatar) and have a re-creation of his 50-70 Remington rolling block sporting rifle lost at the battle. He is holding the rifle in the photo.
Guess I need to get off my a.. and research this further.
MVP
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