Sarf Wayne M. The Little Bighorn Campaign, March-September 1876

Da Capo Press, 1999. — 304 p.The destruction of George Armstrong Custer's command at Little Bighorn by the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne on 25 June, 1876 has been etched in the national memory and has remained one of America's longest lingering controversies. "The Little Bighorn Campaign" penetrates the mysteries of Custer's disaster as well as the broader context of the 1876 campaign against the Sioux.The Little Bighorn Campaign is the most comprehensive military study of the movements and battles which led up to and followed Little Bighorn.Sarf investigates and describes the nature of Plains warfare, the weapons that were used, the forces involved, and the strategies and tactics of both the Army and the Indians.