Post by HinTamaheca on Aug 16, 2009 14:47:01 GMT -6
Little Bighorn Photo Gallery
From the valley floor this view is of the bluffs climbed by the survivors of Reno's battalion.
The monument atop the point known as Reno Hill, site of the Reno-Benteen entrenchments. The Valley Fight occurred below on the open ground.
From Weir Point, Captain Thomas Weir's contingent witnessed the final phases of the Custer Battle in the distance (center, near the top).
Custer possibly attempted a crossing at this ford - Medicine Tail Ford - opposite the Mniconjou camp circle, the approximate middle of the Indian village. Certainly, a part of his immediate command approached here and met resistance.
Company L, under Lt. James Calhoun, held this position on the south end of Battle Ridge. The black-faced marker is on the spot where Calhoun's body was found.
On the far side of Battle Ridge (away from the river), midway between Calhoun & Custer Hills, were found the bodies of Captain Myles Keogh and his Company I. (Note the markers.)
Looking northward along Battle Ridge, from near the Calhoun position to Custer Hill.
A view of Custer Hill looking eastward from towards Deep Ravine and the river. Most of the Custer "clan" fell in this area.
Below this monument atop Custer Hill lay most of the remains of the fallen 7th Cavalry.
Photos taken from:
www.mohicanpress.com/battles/ba04002.html
From the valley floor this view is of the bluffs climbed by the survivors of Reno's battalion.
The monument atop the point known as Reno Hill, site of the Reno-Benteen entrenchments. The Valley Fight occurred below on the open ground.
From Weir Point, Captain Thomas Weir's contingent witnessed the final phases of the Custer Battle in the distance (center, near the top).
Custer possibly attempted a crossing at this ford - Medicine Tail Ford - opposite the Mniconjou camp circle, the approximate middle of the Indian village. Certainly, a part of his immediate command approached here and met resistance.
Company L, under Lt. James Calhoun, held this position on the south end of Battle Ridge. The black-faced marker is on the spot where Calhoun's body was found.
On the far side of Battle Ridge (away from the river), midway between Calhoun & Custer Hills, were found the bodies of Captain Myles Keogh and his Company I. (Note the markers.)
Looking northward along Battle Ridge, from near the Calhoun position to Custer Hill.
A view of Custer Hill looking eastward from towards Deep Ravine and the river. Most of the Custer "clan" fell in this area.
Below this monument atop Custer Hill lay most of the remains of the fallen 7th Cavalry.
Photos taken from:
www.mohicanpress.com/battles/ba04002.html
