Dossier
Little Bighorn River
Coverage of Little Bighorn River in the Nexus archive.
- The Importance of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
On June 25, 1876, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry Regiment were defeated at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, a conflict that remains a contested symbol in American history. The battle, though small in scale, is considered iconic alongside events like Yorktown and Gettysburg.