| | Sent into the Indian Wars thereafter, he met an early demise at the age of thirty-six at the [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]] in southern [[Montana]]. All of his regiment died in the fight against the Sioux. Custer was buried with his falle men on the site of the battlefield. However, Custer's corpse was later re-interred at West Point. | | Sent into the Indian Wars thereafter, he met an early demise at the age of thirty-six at the [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]] in southern [[Montana]]. All of his regiment died in the fight against the Sioux. Custer was buried with his falle men on the site of the battlefield. However, Custer's corpse was later re-interred at West Point. |
| − | One of his scouts, [[James H. "Dog" Kelley]], took care of Custer's of dogs. As a parting gift from the Army, Custer gave Kelley, later a [[mayor]] of Dodge City, a dozen greyhounds. Hence Kelley acquired his nickname, "Dog."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37681654/james-h.-kelley|title=James H. "Dog" Kelley|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=April 3, 2021}}</ref> | + | One of his scouts, [[James H. "Dog" Kelley]], took care of Custer's of dogs. As a parting gift from the Army, Custer gave Kelley, later a [[mayor]] of Dodge City, [[Kansas]], a dozen greyhounds. Hence Kelley acquired his nickname, "Dog."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37681654/james-h.-kelley|title=James H. "Dog" Kelley|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=April 3, 2021}}</ref> |