BEST OF (#40 of 511) LITTLE BIGHORN (PT 2): BENTEEN'S STAND
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Custer edges closer to Sitting Bull's village and splits his forces 3 ways- sending Capt. Benteen to the South, and Major Reno to the opposite side of the river. He orders Reno to attack- and that's where everything begins to go wrong. Benteen takes command in the deadliest siege in Western history.
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