The fort commemorates one of the most famous military losses in U.S. history. In 1876, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer led the 7th Cavalry from Fort Abraham Lincoln into the disastrous Battle of the Little Bighorn. Neither he nor his troops survived. Adjacent to the fort, re-created earth lodges at On-A-Slant Indian Village mark the site of a once-bustling Mandan... more






