Custer's Last Battle

CAPT E. S GODFREY

Publication: The Century Co, 1892, New York

First Printing. Article appears in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Vol. XLIII. No. 3. January, 1892. Original Printed Wrappers. Pages 323-480. Custer's Last Battle spans pages 358-384, and is illustrated by Frederic Remington with 7 drawings. Additional illustrations including photographs by D. F. Barry and a map of the battlefield. Godfrey was "one of his troop commanders." Describes Lieutenant Edward Settle Godfrey’s experiences as a survivor of the Battle of Little Bighorn, the most significant during the Great Sioux War in 1876. This battle between Arapaho, Lakota, and Norther Cheyenne tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, ended in a major defeat of US forces. More than half of US troops were killed: 268 officers and troops, including Lieutenant Colonel Custer, two of his brothers, his brother-in-law, and a nephew. The number of Indian casualties were estimated between 31 to 300. Minor wear to edges of fragile original wrappers.