Keywords

Reno Court of Inquiry, eyewitness testimony, battle conduct

Abstract

Following the Battle of the Little Big Horn, there had been many accusations of poor conduct, neglect of duty, or outright cowardice leveled chiefly at both Major Marcus Reno and Captain Frederick Benteen for their actions or inactions at the engagement, which could have led to the destruction of Custer's command. Most significantly, Frederick Whittaker's attack on Reno and Benteen in his A Complete Life of Gen. George Armstrong Custer published in December 1876 was simply scathing.

Original Publication Citation

Winkler, Albert "The Reno Court of Inquiry", The Brian C. Pohanka 37th Annual Symposium.