Editing Battle of the Little Bighorn (section)

==In popular culture==
{{See also|Cultural depictions of George Armstrong Custer}}
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* [[John Mulvany]]'s 1881 painting ''Custer's Last Rally'' was the first of the large images of this battle. It was {{convert|11|by|20|ft|m}} and toured the country for over 17 years.<ref>Russell, D. Custer's List: A Checklist of Pictures Relating to the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1969</ref>
* In 1896, Anheuser-Busch commissioned from Otto Becker a lithographed modified version of Cassilly Adams' painting ''Custer's Last Fight'', which was distributed as a print to saloons all over America.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kansas Historical Quarterly – The Pictorial Record of the Old West, 4|publisher=Kansas Historical Society|url=http://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1946/46_4_taft.htm|access-date=2012-03-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729021654/http://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1946/46_4_taft.htm|archive-date=July 29, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[Edgar Samuel Paxson]] completed his painting ''Custer's Last Stand'' in 1899. In 1963 [[Harold McCracken]], the noted historian and Western art authority, deemed Paxson's painting "the best pictoral representation of the battle" and "from a purely artistic standpoint...one of the best if not the finest pictures which have been created to immortalize that dramatic event."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home1.gte.net/espaxson/custer.htm |title=Custer's Last Stand – Artist E.S. Paxson |publisher=Home1.gte.net |access-date=2012-03-15 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226201104/http://home1.gte.net/espaxson/custer.htm |archive-date=February 26, 2012 }}</ref>
* In 1926, ''[[General Custer at the Little Big Horn]]'' opened in movie theaters in the U.S., featuring [[Roy Stewart (silent film actor)|Roy Stewart]] with John Beck as Custer.<ref>{{Citation|last=Fraser|first=Harry L.|title=General Custer at the Little Big Horn|date=1926-09-15|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132629/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0|type=Drama, Western|publisher=Sunset Productions|access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref>
* The 1941 film ''[[They Died with Their Boots On]]'', starring [[Errol Flynn]], [[Olivia de Havilland]], [[Arthur Kennedy]], [[Anthony Quinn]] and [[Sydney Greenstreet]], is a fictionalized, romanticized drama of Custer's life beginning with his time at West Point and concluding with the battle.
* The episode ''[[The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms]]'' from the fifth season of the American television [[anthology series]] ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' depicts modern American soldiers finding themselves near the battlefield and ultimately involved in the real battle.
* The 1964 novel, ''[[Little Big Man (novel)|Little Big Man]]'' by American author [[Thomas Berger (novelist)|Thomas Berger]] and 1970 [[Little Big Man (film)|film of the same name]] include an account of the battle and portray a manic and somewhat psychotic Custer ([[Richard Mulligan]]) realizing to his horror that he and his command are "being wiped out."<ref name=HollywoodsIndian>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvLJQsO3O0oC&q=%22Little+Big+Man%22+film&pg=PP2|title=Hollywood's Indian: The Portrayal of the Native American in Film|date=2011 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |pages=121–136 |last1=Rollins |first1=Peter |isbn=978-0-8131-3165-8}}</ref>
* The 1972 [[John Wayne]] movie ''[[The Cowboys]]'' includes a scene where his cattle drive passes through the battlefield some years later, and the drovers find skeletal remains. Wayne's character, Wil Andersen, in a response to a question from one of the young drovers regarding the deceased having not been buried replies, "Well, it's not how you're buried, it's how they remember you". 
* 1991 TV miniseries [[Son of the Morning Star (film)|''Son of the Morning Star'']] was based on the life of Lt. Col. George A. Custer and the 7th Cavalry. It concludes with the Battle of Little Bighorn, where 5 companies of the 7th Cavalry are wiped out, along with George Custer, Thomas Custer, Boston Custer and the brothers' nephew Henry A. "Autie" Reed.
* The 1994 video game ''[[Live A Live]]'' features this story in its Western chapter. The chapter villain O. Dio was actually the horse that was the sole survivor of the battle; possession by vengeful spirits of the slain Union soldiers turned the horse into an evil man, as told by the town sheriff after defeating O. Dio.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Live A Live|developer=[[Square-Enix]]|date=September 2, 1994|platform=[[Super Famicom]]|level=The Wild West|quote="保安部「聞いた事がある… 第7騎兵隊は…　スー•シャイアンの連合軍によって 全滅させられた…　ただ一頭の 馬を残して…/アニー「あの馬に死んでいった騎兵達の憎しみが集まったのかしら"　Translation: "Sheriff: I've heard of this... The 7th Cavalry Regiment was annihilated by the combined forces of the Sioux and Cheyenne... A horse was the only survivor.../Annie: All the dead cavalrymen's hatred probably congregated in that horse."}}</ref>
* A fictionalized version of the battle is depicted in the 2006 video game ''[[Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs]]''.
* In 2007, the [[BBC]] presented a one-hour drama-documentary titled ''Custer's Last Stand''.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00795r3 Custer's Last Stand] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102172600/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00795r3 |date=November 2, 2016 }}. [[BBC Two]], Friday 23 Feb 2007.</ref>
* The May 2011 episode of the [[BBC Radio 4]] program ''[[In Our Time (radio series)|In Our Time]]'' featured [[Melvyn Bragg]] (and guests) discussing the context, conditions, and consequences of the battle.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0112xfd Custer's Last Stand] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004143828/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0112xfd |date=October 4, 2011 }}. [[BBC Radio 4]], Thursday 19 May 2011.</ref>
* In 2017, historian [[Daniele Bolelli]] covered the battle and the events leading to it in a three-part series on the "History on Fire" podcast.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://historyonfirepodcast.com/episodes/2017/3/31/episode-18-the-war-for-the-black-hills-part-3-last-stand | title=The War for the Black Hills | date=March 31, 2017 |url-status = live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007021003/http://historyonfirepodcast.com/episodes/2017/3/31/episode-18-the-war-for-the-black-hills-part-3-last-stand | archive-date=October 7, 2017 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* In October 2024, the book ''The Ballad of Thomas Patrick Downing'' was released. This is the first biography of one of Custer's men in over a hundred years. It chronicles the life of one of Custer's previously anonymous cavalrymen, Thomas Patrick Downing from I Company, who died in the battle.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Des |last1=Ryan |title=The Ballad of Thomas Patrick Downing: A Memoir of one of General Custer's Irish Cavalrymen |publisher=Ttt Press |date=28 October 2024 |isbn=978-1068672804}}</ref>