Journal Published Online: 01 July 1983
Volume 28, Issue 3

George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn: Homicide or Mass Suicide?

CODEN: JFSCAS

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.

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Spencer, JD
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC
Pages: 6
Price: $25.00
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Stock #: JFS11570J
ISSN: 0022-1198
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11570J