In this podiobook: On June 25th, 1876, General George Custer died at the Little Big Horn.Why did Custer rush into battle against the largest agglomeration of Indians ever seen in the West, without waiting for support from other cavalry contingents which were on their way to the scene?To answer that, you need to know what happened on June 27th."Glorious," a podcast novel by Aram Schefrin, tells Custer's story from after the Civil War through the date of his massacre, in the voice of Captain Frederick Benteen, the soldier who hated him.
-In this episode: On the Yellowstone River, three cavalry columns converge on the Sioux - Colonel John Gibbon from the west, General George Crook from...
-In this episode: At Terry's St. Paul headquarters, Custer learns that Terry, not Belknap had ordered him to receive the suspicious Indian corn. Custe...
-In this episode: But the Democrats decide to impeach Secretary Belknap, even though he has resigned, and Custer is summoned to Washington. Though war...
-In this episode: James Gordon Bennett convinces Custer to testify at the hearing on Belknap's corruption, by promising to support Custer for Presiden...