Peter Thompson

Other Service · US Army

Source Documents

Record	Events	Title	Source Website	Type	Created
Thompson, Peter	Birth, Enlistment, Military Service, People	US, Medal of Honor Recipients, 1863-2013	Fold3	Child Record	Oct 23, 2013
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Medal Of Honor.jpg			Fold3	Image	Aug 14, 2015
Peter Thompson			Fold3	Memorial	Nov 3, 2013

Source URLs

URL	Events	Description
White Cow Bull
Pretty Shield
Benteen's desperate, do-or-die charge
before he had his wounds bandaged
get a drink for a dying friend
Congressional Medal of Honor
Seventh Cavalry guidon
Peter Thompson Detail Map
Custer
some kinky business
Daniel Kanipe
John Martin
Curley
Thompson was the last one to see Custer alive
eye-witness record
turned their horses toward the rear
Brennan
Fitzgerald
entirely played out
William Slaper
John McGuire
Daniel Kanipe
Curley
Goes Ahead
Anonymous Ree
circulating among the enlisted men
impossible
fatigue of Custer's men and their horses
last look at Custer alive
captured Cavalry bugles
"stationary wheel" technique
sad, sad sight
full map above
Sioux woman on a tether
murdered a dozen Sioux squaws
done so repeatedly
Custer went ahead
Daniel Kanipe
John Ryan
gone two hours
humorously insolent backtalk
Curley
White Man Runs Him
Fred Goldin
gallop away a short distance to look around
four Crow scouts
to near the river
three Crows on the bluffs
he described
watching through binoculars
white man with an Indian shot
Custer took a shot
one or more whites fighting on the Indians' side
Mysteries of the Little Bighorn
murdered and quite possibly raped
Curley was up to
Peter Thompson at the Little Bighorn Map
saw two Seventh Cavalry comrades
rode off after Custer's men
followed on foot
Heap Sioux. Heap shoot
five Sioux
dashed into the ravine
a bee line for a pilar of rock above me
take a shortcut
five Sioux
washed very badly
Reno's farthest advance
a flat beside the river with a ford at the lower end
decided to try to cross the river
his gun jammed
water on three sides
drawn up in battle line
the Little Bighorn River ran hard against the bluffs
Stretch yourself!
they fled back the way they'd come
a white man and a Crow scout
a group of Indians having some sort of meeting
horsemen with Seventh Cavalry guidons climbing the bluffs above
struggled up the bluffs
came running in under Indian fire
Don't fire - there comes Thompson
desperate, do-or-die charge
water for a dying friend
Thompson's full account
Bruce Brown's 2007 commentary on the importance of Peter Thompson
http://www.polfdesign.com/Thompson.html
Foolish Elk
Soldier
Anonymous Ree Scout
his mount was giving out
Major Reno
http://www.astonisher.com/archives/museum/american_gun.html
amazed to learn
cross four abreast
White Shield
White Cow Bull
in the water of the Little Bighorn
Who Killed Custer -- Part 11 "War Crime Time"
http://www.astonisher.com/archives/museum/who_killed_custer.html#part11
Mysteries of the Little Bighorn
continuous roar of battle
Foolish Elk
Sioux and Cheyenne Military Tactics
Mysteries of the Little Bighorn
Indians in captured Army uniforms
http://www.astonisher.com/archives/museum/dan_kanipe_little_big_horn.html
Sgt. Daniel Kanipe
Capt. Weir
lead a foray in Custer's direction
Capt. Benteen
Sargeant Knipe