Wiliam T. Sherman’s promotion in 1866 to Lieutenant General gave him control of all U.S. Army troops west of the Mississippi River.

Frederick Benteen, who served under Custer at Little Bighorn, takes command this week in 1886 of Fort Duchesne in Utah Territory.

Responsibility for Indian trade relations was transfered to Secretary of War Henry Knox on Aug. 20, 1789.

Lt. John Grattan led 30 men to their deaths near Fort Laramie in August 1854.

U.S. Army infantry troops at Camp Custer, Michigan.

Dakota chief Little Crow led deadly attacks on white settlements in Minnesota territory in 1862.

Construction of the Transcontinental Telegraph continues through the summer of 1861.

Despite Congressional pressure, the Sioux refuse to sell their precious Black Hills.

The word is out about Custer’s Expedition discovering gold.

Thirty-five tribes are represented at the Indian Congress of 1898 in Omaha.

Elizabeth “Libbie” Custer’s mother passes away.

Harney Peak is renamed Black Elk Peak in honor of Lakota healer Nicholas Black Elk.

Fire sweeps across 600 acres of the Little Bighorn Battlefield Monument on this date, uncovering the site where George Custer and 210 troopers met death 107 years earlier.

Author Steve Wiegand’s “1876: Year of the Gun” is published on this date in 2022.

Fearing Confederate hold-outs may team up with Mexico’s Emperor Maximilian, Gen. Philip Sheridan orders Union occupation forces to Texas, including Custer and 4,000 troops.

George Custer, center, poses with the grizzly bear he shot on Aug. 7, 1874 In the Black Hills.

The paperwork is ready and just needs Gen. Ulysses Grant’s signature to order a court-martial for George Custer.

“Buffalo Bill” Cody sends a letter to Libbie Custer with regrets for missing the unveiling of a statue honoring her husband.

Custer and the 7th Cavalry tangle with Lakota warriors, including Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, near present-day Miles City, MT.

Full of holes, historically, ‘Santa Fe Trail’ stars Ronald Reagan as George Custer and Errol Flynn as J.E.B. Stuart. Huh?