Little Big Horn June 25th 1876

[RCS]

Photo shows a Colt single action revolver that was recovered by Capt Benteen the day after the battle
of the Little big Horn. This revolver was not working as the cylinder would not lock when the hammer
was cocked. Later Benteen sold this revolver in the 1890's and much later it sold for 250K on auction.

There were a few other 7th Cavalry revolvers also recovered and turned in after the battle. Others
were found throughout the years too43737

[free1954]

cool, thanks for posting. on the old csp board there were many great discussions on little big horn weapons. I miss them.

[Roadkingtrax]

cool, thanks for posting. on the old csp board there were many great discussions on little big horn weapons. I miss them.

Did you see the latest auction in Texas?

[tmark]

Thanks for posting. I thought the soldiers used cap and ball revolvers.

[jcj54]

The SAA was adopted in 1873. Cavalry got them first....

[tmark]

Thanks for the info.

[pmclaine]

Visited there three or so years ago on a cross country trip with the family.

Amazing place. Very sad to see those burial markers off alone and realize a soldier died there alone.

The visitor center is manned by people from the local reservation and I remarked I thought the battle ground was a sad place and in return I got "For some".

I explained I got it it was a great victory for the tribes but the hell it brought down upon them makes it a sad place for all.

Bought an amazing book about the prairie fire that raged across the battlefield in the late 80s.

With the removal of the vegetation they performed an archaeological survey. They expected to have to be digging and brought lots of metal detectors.

What they discovered was that there were tons of artifacts and most were laying right on the surface.

Amazing place.

[jon_norstog]

Here's a pretty decent book:

https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/series-books/men-at-arms/warriors-at-the-little-bighorn-1876

jn

[RCS]

While quite a few cartridges from many firearms were recovered including cartridges fired in firearms not chambered
for that cartridge, here are some examples:


left: 44 Henry, 45 Govt Benet inside primed standard US revolver cartridge, 45-70-405 Benet carbine cartridge
and 50-70 Govt Benet primed43742

[free1954]

Did you see the latest auction in Texas?


no sir I did not. do you have a link to it?

[blackhawknj]

An excellent example of how NOT to fight a battle. Alongside Bunker Hill.

[PWC]

Some years ago there was a Nat Geo or Hist Channel show on that did forensic study of the typs of firearms used at Little Big Horn based on the cartridge cases found.

In one of the tribal families there was a 45-70 that was porported to have been in the battle. They found that fired cases from the tribal relic did match 2 or 3 battle ground recovered cases.