This Week in Little Bighorn History

Black Wasichu or Black White Man (Wasicun Sapa), an Oglala Sioux, was wounded during the Custer fight and later died on June 27, 1876.

On June 28, 1876,Ā CurleyĀ (Ashishishe) (left), a member of the Crow tribe, tried to tellĀ Captain MarshĀ (right) about the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He was a Scout with Custerā€™s Column.

Thomas W. StiversĀ died in a gunfight on June 28, 1877, in Kingston, Kentucky, and was buried in theĀ Richmond CemeteryĀ in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky. He was a Private in Company D who participated in the hilltop fight. He was awarded theĀ Medal of HonorĀ for bringing water to the wounded during the battle.

John Hackett married Esther Smith on June 28, 1902. He was a Private in Company G who participated in the valley and hilltop fights. He was wounded in his left arm.

George Daniel WallaceĀ (left)Ā was born in York County, South Carolina, on June 29, 1849. He was a Second Lieutenant who commanded Company G during the valley and hilltop fights. He was killed at Wounded Knee on December 29, 1890.

William B. CrisfieldĀ (right) marriedĀ Mary Pauline BlanchstoneĀ on June 29, 1865. They had three sons. He was a Private with Company L who was killed with Custerā€™s Column. Several months after his death, his wife marriedĀ Martin PersoneusĀ who also was a Private in Company L but was not present at the battle due to detached service at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory.

The steamer Far West received 54 wounded soldiers from the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 30, 1876.

Benjamin Hubert Hodgson

Benjamin Hubert HodgsonĀ (left)Ā was born on June 30, 1848, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a Second Lieutenant for Company B who was the ActingĀ Adjutant for Renoā€™s Column. He was killed in the valley fight.

Conrad Farber married Jennie Jones on July 1, 1879. He was a private in Company I who was not present at the battle because he was serving as a carpenter in the quartermaster department barn in St. Paul, Minnesota.

George H. King died on July 2, 1876, in Pease Bottom, Montana Territory, where he was buried. In 1917, he was reinterred in the Custer National Cemetery on Crow Agency. He was a Corporal with Company A who participated in the valley and hilltop fights. He was wounded in the left shoulder on the evening of June 25 and was later evacuated to the steamer Far West where he died.

William W. LasleyĀ (left)Ā died on July 2, 1924, in Washington, D.C., and was buried in theĀ Soldiersā€™ Home National CemeteryĀ there. He was a Private with Company K who participated in the hilltop fight.

John Eaton TourtellotteĀ (right) was born on July 3, 1833, in Windham, Connecticut. He was the Captain of Company G who was not present during the battle due to detached service as an aide-de-camp and colonel on the staff of Gen. Sherman. He had been assigned to the 7th Cavalry in 1870, but he never joined them.

William Montell George, a Private in Company K, died aboard the Far West on July 3, 1876, of wounds he received during the hilltop fight. He was buried the following day beside the Yellowstone River in Montana Territory. His grave was moved some time later to higher ground.

Peter Orlando BarryĀ died on July 3, 1907, in Morgan, Maryland, and was buried in theĀ Morgan Chapel United Methodist Church CemeteryĀ in Woodbine, Carroll County, Maryland. He was a Private in Company B who was not present at the battle due to detached service with Terry’s headquarters.

Thomas Mower McDougallĀ (left)Ā died in Brandon, Vermont, onĀ July 3, 1909, and was buried inĀ Arlington National CemeteryĀ inĀ Arlington, Virginia. He was a Captain commanding Company B who was with the pack train and in the hilltop fight.

Michael John WalshĀ died on July 3, 1932, in Newark, New Jersey. He was a Private with Company H who was not present at the battle due to being confined after desertion.