Tales of rampant suicide among Custer’s soldiers may be overblown
Few men killed themselves during the Battle of the Little Bighorn, skeletal data suggest
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KILLING FIELD Contrary to historical accounts, few of Custer’s men at the Battle of the Little Bighorn committed suicide in the face of overwhelming Native American numbers, a preliminary skeletal analysis finds.
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