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The Battle of the Little Big Horn is one of the most controversial events in American history. The downfall of five companies from the 7th Cavalry was a shock to the US, which still has an effect today. Investigations of the 7th US cavalry founded in 1866, found over half of the soldiers came from foreign countries. In 1876, the year of the fatal battle, 43% of the soldiers were still foreigners, among them not less than 131 Germans. These foreigners came from Bavaria, Hanover, Prussia, Württemberg, Baden, Berlin and Frankfurt am Main. Seven soldiers came from the German-speaking Switzerland. For the first time, a scholar has meticulously examined the files of the German and Swiss soldiers in the most famous cavalier regiment of the USA and thereby filled a gap of the historiography.

Table of Contents

Deutsche und Schweizer in den Vereinigten Staaten

Deutsche und Schweizer in der 7. Kavallerie

Der Hintergrund des Krieges

Der Feldzug zum Little Big Horn

Die Deutschen und Schweizer bei Reno während des Kampfes im Tal

Die Deutschen und Schweizer in Custers Kolonne

Die Deutschen und Schweizer während der Belagerung auf dem Reno-Hügel

Deutsche und Schweizer in der 7. Kavallerie nach der Schlacht am Little Big Horn

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Keywords

Battle of the Little Big Horn, US Army 7th Cavalry, Swiss Americans, German Americans, US Indian Wars

Language

German

ISBN

978-3-89510-132-X

Publication Date

2012

Rights

http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/

College

Harold B. Lee Library

Department

History

Deutsche und Schweizer in der Schlacht am Little Big Horn 1876

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