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Little Bighorn, Battle of (June 25-26, 1876): Articles & Documents

Journal Articles

Bereit, Richard M. "Light, Lean, and Lethal-Logistics Lessons from the Little Bighorn." Air Force Journal of Logistics 24, no. 3 (Fall, 2000): 1-1,36+. (Proquest)
Burke, Robert F. “With Custer at the Death: Being the Complete, True & Ultimate Account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn Part1: 2:52 to 4:13p.m.” Command no. 54 (November 2000). 14-27. (available only in paper format at the library)
Chief Rain-in-the-Face, and H. K. Thomas. "The Little Big Horn." Outdoor Life 204, no. 1 (August 1999): 60-63+. (ProQuest)
Fox, Richard Allan Jr. “A new view of Custer’s Last Battle.” American History Illustrated 28, no. 4 (Sept/Oct 1993): 30-39 (EBSCO)
Gildart, Bert. "Two Sides of Little Bighorn." American History 36, no. 2 (06, 2001): HT24-HT29. (Proquest)
Holmes, Maurice G. "The Battle of the Little Big Horn." Marine Corps Gazette (Pre-1994) 17, no. 2 (08, 1932): 15-21. (Proquest)
Hutton, Paul A. "Could Custer have Won?" MHQ : The Quarterly Journal of Military History 25, no. 2, (Winter 2013): 29-39. (ProQuest)
Koster, John. “The Kill Eagle Myth.” Wild West 30, no. 1 (June 2017): 52-57. (EBSCO)
Koster, John. “The ‘Arapaho Five’ at the Little Bighorn.” Wild West 25, no. 1 (June 2012): 38-43. (EBSCO)
Kraft, Louis. "Custer, The Little Bighorn & History." American History 41, no. 2 (06, 2006): 46-53,78,10. (Proquest)
McMurtry, Larry. “A Road they did not Know.” American Heritage 50, no. 1 (Feb, 1999): 52-65. (EBSCO) (Copy available at the library)
Michno, Gregory. "10 Myths of the Little Bighorn.. (cover story)." Wild West 21, no. 1 (June 2008): 30-39. (EBSCO)
Morris, Robert E. “Custer Made a Good Decision: A Leavenworth Appreciation.” Journal of the West 16, no. 4 (October 1977): 5–11. (EBSCO)
Nicholas, David W. “The Custer Campaign: Operations on the Little Bighorn-Yellowstone.” Strategy & Tactics no. 177 (Nov/Dec 1995). 17-29. (available only in paper format at the library)
Nicholas, David W. “War on the Northern Plains: Prelude to Little Bighorn.” Strategy & Tactics no. 176 (Sep/Oct 1995). 23-28. (available only in paper format at the library)
Nightengale, Robert. “Custer’s Last Stand Still Stands Up.” Wild West 18, no. 2 (August 2005): 38-46. (EBSCO)
Powers, Thomas. "How Little Bighorn was Won." Smithsonian 41, no. 7 (11, 2010): 82-88,90-91,94-96,98,100-102,104,106. (Proquest)
Rawlings, Gerald S. “Custer’s Last Stand.” History Today 12, no. 1 (January 1962): 57–66. (EBSCO)
Ream, Todd C., and Christopher C. Schrock. “Conflicting Views from the Banks of the Little Bighorn: A Modest Proposal for a Christian Approach to Indian Studies--A Review Essay.” Christian Scholar’s Review 38, no. 3 (Spring 2009): 375–88. (EBSCO)
Stockhausen, Hans von. “Little Bighorn: Myths and Realities of the Custer Defeat.” Command no. 37 (May 1996): 28-38 (available only in paper format at the library)
Wilkinson, Stephan. "Worst Battlefield Blunders." Military History 24, no. 6 (Sept 2007): 28-35. (ProQuest)

Bibliography of articles in Chicago Format

Battle of Little Bighorn article bibliography

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