ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 July 1983
Page Count: 6

George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn: Homicide or Mass Suicide?
Spencer, JD
Chairman, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, DC

(Received 25 January 1983; accepted 7 February 1983)

Abstract

On 2S June 1876, Lieutcnant Colonel George Armstrong Custer perished along with 224 men under his immediate command in a battle historically referred to as the Battle of the Little Bighorn. There is some evidence that this was not a battle at all, but a mass suicide. The theory of mass suicide could be substantiated by examination of the skeletal remains.

Keywords:
forensic science, Battle of the Little Bighorn, suicide, Last Word Society

Paper ID: JFS11570J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11570J
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