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Wild West
August 2005
Robert Nightengale |
Custer's Last Stand Still Stands Up Although George Custer may have made some mistakes at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, he had a solid plan that summer day in 1876 and might have defeated Sitting Bull and allies had two subordinate officers obeyed his orders.   |
American History
June 2006
Louis Kraft |
George Armstrong Custer: Changing Views of an American Legend Although he was already a popular figure in his own time, the disaster that doomed George Armstrong Custer on the Little Bighorn forever secured his place in the American mind and mythology. |
Civil War Times
Mar/Apr 2006
Jeffry D. Wert |
George Custer: Between Myth and Reality George Armstrong Custer stalks America's past with a disturbing presence. Reality and myth about him still collide on the battlefields of Virginia and Pennsylvania. |
Wild West
Robert Foster |
Buffalo Soldiers in Utah Territory At Fort Duchesne, black 9th Cavalry troops served alongside white infantrymen while dealing with the sometimes restless Ute Indians and the wild and woolly Duchesne Strip. |
America's Civil War
June 30, 2004
Roy Morris, Jr. |
Last Stand in the Shenandoah With his once-formidable army reduced to a mere shadow of its former self, Confederate General Jubal Early pulled up at Waynesboro to face his old nemesis, Phil Sheridan, for the last time. |
America's Civil War
Robert Collins Suhr |
Little Phil Sheridan Wins His Spurs At an obscure railroad station in northern Mississippi, an equally obscure Union cavalry colonel faced a personal and professional moment of truth. His name was Phil Sheridan, and his coolness and dash clearly marked him for bigger things. |
America's Civil War
Brent L. Vosburg |
Cavalry Clash at Hanover Southern beau sabreur J.E.B. Stuart hardly expected to run head-on into enemy cavalry on his second ride around the Union Army. But a trio of 'boy generals' would soon give the famed Confederate horseman all the action he could handle. |
America's Civil War
Jon Guttman |
The Last Ride of J.E.B. Stuart Badly misunderstanding his opponent's intentions, Jeb Stuart played into Phil Sheridan's hands at Yellow Tavern. A swirling cavalry fight ensued. |
Wild West
June 2007
John Koster |
Survivor Frank Finkel's Lasting Stand Although his claim to have been the only white survivor of Colonel Custer's immediate command at the Battle of the Little Bighorn has been largely rejected, a recent analysis of the evidence suggests that Frank Finkel told the truth. |
America's Civil War
John F. Wukovits |
John Singleton Mosby's Partisan Rangers' clash with George A. Custer's Union Cavalry When Civil War's John Singleton Mosby's Partisan Rangers clashed with George A. Custer's Union Cavalry, the niceties of war were the first casualty. Reprisal and counter reprisal became the order of the day. |
Military History
Jan/Feb 2008 |
Letters From Readers The Irrepressible Chuck Yeager... Heartfelt Thanks... More Stands on Custer... Correction... etc. |
