Little Bighorn, Battle of

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• Little Bighorn, Battle of the — or Custer s Last Stand (June 25, 1876) Battle at the Little Bighorn River, Montana Territory, U.S., between federal troops led by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and a band of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. The U.S. government had ordered the… …   Universalium

• Battle of the Little Bighorn — Coordinates: 45°33′54″N 107°25′44″W / 45.565°N 107.42889°W / 45.565; 107.42889 …   Wikipedia

• Little Bighorn — noun 1. a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer s Last Stand • Syn: ↑Little Bighorn River, ↑Little Horn • Instance Hypernyms: ↑river • Part Holonyms: ↑Wyoming, ↑E …   Useful english dictionary

• Battle of Little Bighorn — noun a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces… …   Useful english dictionary

• Battle of the Little Bighorn — noun a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces… …   Useful english dictionary

• Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument — IUCN Category III (Natural Monument) …   Wikipedia

• Little Bighorn River — Origin 45°00′03″N 107°37′37″W /  …   Wikipedia

• Little Bighorn — can refer to: * Little Bighorn River, (previously called Little Big Horn River ) a tributary of the Bighorn River in Wyoming and Montana. * Battle of the Little Bighorn, took place near the river in 1876. * Little Bighorn Battlefield National… …   Wikipedia

• Little Bighorn — river in N Wyo., flowing north into the Bighorn in S Mont.: c. 90 mi (145 km): in a battle near here (Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876) George Custer s troops attacked Dakota and Cheyenne Indians and were annihilated …   English World dictionary

• Little Bighorn — Little Big|horn the Little Bighorn a river in the US state of Montana, where General Custer fought against and was killed by Native Americans led by ↑Sitting Bull and ↑Crazy Horse in the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 …   Dictionary of contemporary English