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100 Voices: Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Crow, Arikara and American Eye-witness accounts of the Battle of the Little Bighorn

100 Voices: Full List * Crow/Arikara * Sioux/Cheyenne * American * Rosebud

Guided Tours: Crazy Horse at the Little Bighorn * Crazy Horse at the Rosebud

Features: Who Killed Custer? * Who Killed Custer? Audio Book
Features: Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger * Winter Count of Crazy Horse's Life
Features: Bogus Crazy Horse Photos * Unsung 7th Cavalry Scouts Saga
Features: Indian Battlefield Tactics * Woman Warriors
* Little Bighorn Maps
Features: U.S. Medal of Honor Winners * U.S. Atrocities * Indian Atrocities
Features:
Little Bighorn Mysteries * Virtual Museum

This is a FREE EXCERPT from
Bruce Brown's 100 Voices...

WELCOME to Conversations With Crazy Horse Source Materials. This American history study resource features FREE EXCERPTS from 100 Voices, the largest and most complete collection of Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow, Arikara and American eye-witness accounts of the Battle of the Little Bighorn available anywhere, in any form, plus a raft of other related eye-witness documents such as The Complete Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger and The Wintercount of Crazy Horse's Life, all globally searchable for the first time ever, right here.

Click here to purchase the complete 100 Voices, containing the complete Who Killed Custer? The Eye Witness Answer.

-- B.B.


From 100 Voices...
American Medal of Honor Winners...
Eyewitness accounts of the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Fred Goldin
(2)
Medal of Honor
1904 account

Stanislas Roy
Medal of Honor
circa 1910

Peter Thompson
Medal of Honor
1913 account

Charles Windolph

Medal of Honor
1946 account

TWENTY-FOUR Seventh Cavalry troopers received the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery at the battle of the Little Bighorn. It is exceptional that so many Medals of Honor were awarded in a battle of this size, and equally exceptional that not a single medal went to an officer. See the complete list below.

All four of the eye-witness accounts here from American Medal of Honor winners come from individuals who volunteered for the extremely dangerous -- and absolutely essential -- water brigade duty. Goldin, Roy and Thompson were members of the water brigade, while Windolf was a sharpshooter who exposed himself to provide them cover fire.

Interestingly, Goldin and Thompson both started the battle with Custer, and ended it with Reno and Benteen. Thompson was also the last man to get out of Custer's command alive, and the last man to see Custer alive. See Who Killed Custer - Top Ten List for more info.

Meanwhile, Charles Windolf got the last word, literally. His 1946 account of the battle was the last published by a Little Bighorn survivor.

It should also be emphazised that there were many more brave Americans at the Little Bighorn than are honored here. For instance, Jacob Adams was on the dangerous water brigade -- and nearly escaped being hit by a Sioux marksman -- but he did not receive the Medal of Honor, and John McGuire participated in "Hanley's Mule Chase," but he didn't receive the Medal of Honor either.

Neither did Capt. Frederick Benteen, who was by all accounts the bravest American on the field, and the architect of the Americans' survival -- those who did survive.

-- B.B.

Congressional Medals of Honor Awarded to
American soldiers at
the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Name  Rank & Co. Act of heroism
 Otto Voit  Pvt. Co. H  Bravery in Action
 Benj. C. Criswell  Sgt. Co. B  Brought up ammunition
 Henry Holden  Pvt. Co. D  Brought up ammunition
 Thomas Murray  Sgt. Co. B  Brought up pack train
 Richard P. Hanley  Sgt. Co. C  Recaptured pack mule
 Chas. Cunningham  Pvt. Co. B  Continued firing after being wounded
 Henry W. B. Mechlin  Bks.* Co. H  Sharpshooter for water party
 Charles Windolph  Pvt. Co. H  Sharpshooter for water party
 George Geiger  Sgt. Co. H  Sharpshooter for water party
 James Pym  Pvt. Co. B  Brought water under fire
 Neil Bancroft  Pvt. Co. A  Brought water to wounded
 Abram B. Brant  Pvt. Co. D  Brought water to wounded
 Thomas J. Callan  Pvt. Co. B  Brought water to wounded
 Frederick Deetline  Bks.* Co. C  Brought water to wounded
 Theodore W. Goldin  Pvt. Co. G  Brought water to wounded
 David W. Harris  Pvt. Co. A  Brought water to wounded
 William M. Harris  Pvt. Co. D  Brought water to wounded
 Rufus D. Hutchinson  Sgt. Co. B  Brought water to wounded
 Stanislas Roy  Sgt. Co. A   Brought water to wounded
 George D. Scott  Pvt. Co. D  Brought water to wounded
 Thomas W. Stivers  Pvt. Co. D  Brought water to wounded
 Peter Thompson  Pvt. Co. C  Brought water to wounded
 Frank Tolan  Pvt. Co. D  Brought water to wounded
 Charles H. Welch  Pvt. Co. D  Brought water to wounded
 *Blacksmith

Note: Thomas Callan was awarded the MOH on 10/24/1896. Fred Goldin was awarded the MOH on 12/21/1895. All the others were awarded the MOH on 10/5/1878.



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