Frederick Benteen
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Frederick William Benteen was a military officer who first fought during the American Civil War. He was appointed to commanding ranks during the Indian Campaigns and Great Sioux War against the Lakota
Frederick Benteen circa 1865
Frederick Benteen in his later years
Battle of the Little Bighorn
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The 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand and known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, was an armed engagement between c
Frederick Benteen
…against the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne. Benteen is best known for being in command of a battalion (Companies D, H,& K) of the 7th U. S. Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in late June, 1876. After scouting the area of the left flank as ordered, Captain Benteen received a note from his superior officer George Armstrong…
The Custer Fight Charles Marion Russell, 1903
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A Cheyenne Sun Dance gathering, c. 1909
1876 US Army campaign against the Sioux