Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Civil War (TRIH eps 446-453)
1861 · Resource
In the wake of the barbaric Washita River massacre, George A. Custer finds himself drifting: addicted to gambling, at odds with his wife, and failing in his efforts to take advantage of the American gold rush in New York. He is sent away to Kentucky to suppress post-war civil unrest, but again finds himself alienated from many of his companions, due to his controversial views on Reconstruction. Restless and dissatisfied, the chance for danger and action finally come Custer’s way, thanks to th...
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- Vladimir Lenin (1870)
- Presidency of Abraham Lincoln (1861)
- Founding of the German Empire (1871)
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