Four Myths About George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

The movies usually get it all wrong

George Armstrong Custer, 1865 (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Even people with no interest in history are aware of the most famous battle of the Indian Wars that followed the American Civil War, the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876. In the almost 150 years since the storied battle took place, the history of it has been revised…