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A Note on 100 Voices by Bruce Brown 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

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.