Tales of rampant suicide among Custer’s soldiers may be overblown
Few men killed themselves during the Battle of the Little Bighorn, skeletal data suggest

KILLING FIELD Contrary to historical accounts, few of Custer’s men at the Battle of the Little Bighorn committed suicide in the face of overwhelming Native American numbers, a preliminary skeletal analysis finds.
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