Visit to the Custer Battlefield

This mornings visit to the Custer Battlefield began at the Visitors center.

Here we watched a movie outlining the history of the battle. 

From there it was a walk up to Last Stand Hill where marble slabs mark the places where the soldiers fell.

 

Custer is the stone painted black surrounded by his men. A larger view below show how close together the soldiers were found.

Notice additional stones on down the draw. The men were originally buried where they fell.

Later they men were moved, most of the enlisted soldiers share a common grave topped by this monument at the top of Last Stand Hill.. The officers were buried elsewhere.

Being cavalry who spent a lot of time with their horse, horses were also gathered and  placed in a common grave out of respect.

More fallen soldiers were found down the draw.

Looking back from the top of Last Stand Hill towards the Visitor Center. To the rear of the visitor center is the National Cemetery.

Tomorrow I'll show some pictures from the Cemetery.

The rest of the day was spent traveling to Kaycee, Wyoming where we will spend the night.Mel added another state to his resume and we were able to enjoy an nice quartering wind all the way from the Little Big Horn. There is a museum in this town of 249 people that I will have to check out in the morning. Just another part of enjoying the good life.