Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad
Wonder why it garnered so much attention?


Custer was one of the most celebrated Civil War personalities on either side. His accomplishments as well as his brashness and his association with the press, made him a well known war hero. Then to be killed by a bunch of savages, it was more than people would have thought possible.

Questions arose as to how and why such an individual could have been killed and the subsequent depositions and the Reno Court of Inquiry brought attention to Custer and that battle…

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