Comparing Custer And Crazy Horse In The Battle Of Little Bighorn

The Battle of Little Bighorn was an intense, gory battle fought on June 25th, 1876. A group of federal troops led by George Custer were defeated by the Lakota tribe led by Crazy Horse and other Cheyenne warriors. George A. Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Crazy Horse was an Oglala Sioux Indian chief who fought for the removal of Indian reservations. He was born in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1840. George A. Custer and Crazy Horse fought against each other in the Battle Of Little Bighorn. Though they are famous historical enemies, they have much more in common than first meets the eye.
In many ways, Custer and Crazy Horse are mirror images of each other. George
Custer's army had warned him about this, but he never seemed to listen. Right when the battle started, Custer's men realized they were majorly outnumbered and took away Custers power for good. The only difference between Custer and Crazy Horse in this situation is that Custer never had the chance to regain his power. This was because he and his men were all killed in the Battle Of Little Bighorn due to his bad choice as a leader. George Custer and Crazy Horse both were very determined men with great goals for themselves and their armies or tribes. Despite their very different beliefs, their general personality traits are similar in many ways. Crazy Horse and Custer were both very successful men. In defiance of this fact, they both thought they could achieve more than possible and take on any challenge.
Custer was ignorant of the fact that he and his men would be outnumbered in the Battles of Little Bighorn. “Custer’s scouts warned him that it would be dangerous to attach such a large camp, but he ignored them.” ( Uschan 28). This shows Custer thinking that he could take on any challenge. Despite Custer's scouts warning him, Custer ignored them and proceeded with attacking a large camp. Custer should have listened to his scouts because he and his whole army got brutally killed at the Battle Of Little Bighorn because they were outnumbered. Custer was clearly overconfident
These personality traits are the ones that prove Custer and Crazy Horse's major similarities. Lastly, the things people would say and the ways people would treat Custer and Crazy Horse proves that they were very similar men. Officer Cyrus T. Brady referred to both Custer and Crazy Horse in the same way. “Their most bitter enemies can never accuse them of cowardice… they are men of great and remarkable endurance…” (Source 8) This quote can show how they were both very similar. This can also show how even one of Custer's men admitted that they were both very strong leaders who were never afraid of