Custer's Last Stand
Edgar Samuel Paxson · 1899
Why it's great
In June 1876 the Lakota and Cheyenne warriors defeated General Custer's soldiers at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, one of the greatest victories for Native Americans in the Plains Wars. Edgar Samuel Paxson painted this version in 1899.
🏛️ Part of history
Westward Expansion & the Frontier (1803–1890) — In June 1876 the Lakota and Cheyenne warriors defeated General Custer's soldiers at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, one of the greatest victories for Native Americans in the Plains Wars.
Where to see it
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Edgar Samuel Paxson was an American painter born in 1852. He moved to Montana as a young man, worked as a scout and mailman, and painted detailed pictures of the Western frontier, especially of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He died in Missoula in 1919.
