In the 19th century, over 250,000 Native Americans lived in the Great Plains -- between the Mississippi and Rocky Mountains. After the Civil War, however, the U.S. government began to increasingly ...

Preparations. Through June 12 (Philip H. Sheridan to George W. Cass ; W. Milnor Roberts to Cass ; Roberts to Thomas L. Rosser and Cass ; Montgomery Meigs to his family ; Rosser's diary, May 22-June 12 ...

Mar. 29—The woman behind Gen. George Armstrong Custer spent her life trying to rehabilitate her husband's image because she deeply loved him, said historian Bob Smith, curator of the First Infantry ...

Before making his last stand in the Battle of Little Bighorn, Gen. George Armstrong Custer was stationed in Alexandria. This is a short way of answering a question posed by Alexandria resident Cynthia ...