Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has decided that soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for helping gun down hundreds of Lakota Indians at the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre will be allowed to keep the ...

Peter Thompson rode with the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 and lived to tell about it. Because his horse broke down.

On June 25th and 26th, 1876, the face of the American West and military history forever changed. The Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as Custer’s Last Stand, was a turning point battle in which ...

It was late morning on June 25, 1876. The 7th Cavalry Regiment under the command of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer was about to break camp and continue to pursue Sitting Bull and his warriors.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Photograph of Colonel Thomas Ward ...