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Name three Civil War generals who later served at Little Bighorn in 1876 and Wounded Knee in 1890.

credit: @chellers

bonus: Which civil war widow dressed in black until her death in 1923?

credit: @Reb

Edit - I have been advised by the person who submitted the main question that it is a flawed question to which there is no correct answer. Therefore, the main question will be discarded.

There is a correct answer (at least, I hope there is) to the bonus question, so players are invited to answer the bonus question, which will be worth the usual 10 points.

Apologies for the lateness of this notice.

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Civil War veterans figured prominently in two of the most important battles of the period: Little Bighorn in 1876 and Wounded Knee in 1890. All of the senior commanders of the Little Bighorn campaign — Alfred H. Terry, George Crook and John Gibbon — commanded large formations during the Civil War: Terry captured Fort Fisher, N.C., in 1865; Crook commanded a corps in the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign; and Gibbon’s men faced Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg. In the 7th Cavalry, Lt. Col. George A. Custer — commanding in the absence of the regiment’s colonel, former Civil War general Samuel D. Sturgis — and all officers down to captain had served in the war, several with distinction.
http://www.civilwar.org/hallowed-gr...nd-gray.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
 
Only know two who were generals in Civil War

George Armstrong Custer who was at Battle of Bighorn.

James W. Forsyth who was General in Civil War. Became one on May 19, 1865. He was at Wounded Knee.

The widow was Flora Cook Stuart (1836-1923). She was wife of Jeb Stuart and always wore black after his death.
 
Name 3 CW generals who later served at Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee.

The sentence as written means 3 men who served at Little Bighorn AND Wounded Knee but I don't think 3 former CW generals were present at both actions.

But does it intend to ask for the names of 3 who served either at Little Bighorn or at Wounded Knee?

John Gibbon, George Crook, and Alfred Terry don't count for Little Big Horn because they did not serve there but were commanding various detachments during the overall campaign. Nelson A. Miles doesn't count because he wasn't AT Wounded Knee but was in overall command of forces.

I can only find one former CW General who served AT Wounded Knee, a "battle" that involved only the 7th Cavalry;
Colonel James W. Forsyth in command; was Brevet Brigadier General 9 April 1865, Regular Army.

http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/manuscripts/family/james-forsyth.htm

At the Greasy Grass, the former CW generals present were Lt. Colonel G.A. Custer and Major Marcus Albert Reno who was Brevet Brigadier General as of March 13, 1865 (Custer became Brevet Major General on that same date).
http://www.majorreno.com/reno.html

Bonus
It's the sad Flora Cooke Stuart (1836–1923)



 
Assume question should read Little Big Horn or Wounded Knee

Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, (7th US Calvary) killed Little Big Horn
(ACW Union Brevet Brigadier General & Brevet Major General 3/13/1865 Winchester & Five Forks)

Major Marcus A. Reno (7th US Calvary) Little Big Horn
(ACW Brevet Brigadier General 3/13/1865)

Col. James W. Forsyth (7th Calvary) Wounded Knee
(ACW Brevet Brigadier General Volunteers 4/5/1865 Five Forks & Brevet Brigadier 5/9/1965 Valley Campaign)

Interesting:
General Nelson A. Miles . . . (ACW Brevet Brigadier General Volunteers 5/12/1864 Wilderness & Spotsylvania)
Not at either Little Big Horn nor Wounded Knee, however
participated in both campaigns
after Little Big Horn led units to force Lakota onto reservation
and
In 1886, Miles replaced General George Crook as commander of forces fighting against Geronimo . . and . .
In April 1890, Miles was promoted to major general in the Regular Army and became the commander of the Military Division of the Missouri . . in command of forces during Wounded Knee Massacre.

Just two days after the event, Miles wrote to his wife, describing Wounded Knee as "The most abominable criminal military blunder and a horrible massacre of women and children".[6] After his retirement from the Army, he fought for compensation payments to the survivors of the massacre.

Bonus:
Mary Todd Lincoln


Definitely would be others

"Most widows mourned for two years, although some women including Queen Elizabeth and Mary Todd Lincoln, never ceased mourning their husbands and wore black for the rest of their lives." page 110

Recall that many civil war widows dressed continually in black.
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see page 110, 270, interesting discussion of ACW mourning customs and styles etc

https://books.google.com/books?id=0...jAF#v=onepage&q=civil war widow black&f=false
 
Not sure if I'm reading into this question. At Wounded Knee: Gen. Leonard W. Colby, Gen.John R. Brooke & Gen. Nelson A. Miles. At Little Big Horn: Gen. George A. Custer, Gen. Fredrick Benteen & Gen. Crook
Bonus:
Flora Cooke Stuart (1836–1923)
 
Another confusingly worded question.

****There were NO Civil War Generals present during the battles at BOTH Little Big Horn AND Wounded Knee****
However, General George Crook was involved in the Bighorn operations and the operations leading up to Wounded Knee before being replaced by General Nelson Miles, also a Civil War general, who was in command during Wounded Knee as was General James W. Forsyth.

Other Civil War Generals at Little Bighorn:
Marcus Reno (his counterpart Benteen was never a general in the ACW)
George Custer



Bonus: Flora Stuart, the widow of Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart, remained in heavy morning for 59 years after the 1864 death of her husband, wearing black until she died in 1923.
 
CW Generals serving at Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee:
Little Bighorn--George A Custer, obviously; Marcus A Reno (who was brevetted Brigadier General in March 1865). Sources: wikipedia articles on Custer, Reno and Little Bighorn.

CW general serving at Wounded Knee: James W. Forsyth was in command. He had been breveted brigadier general twice, in April 1865 (for Five Forks) and in May 1865 for his role in Sheridan's Valley Campaign. Source--the inevitable wikipedia.

In addition, Alfred Terry was overall commander of the 7th Cavalry during the Little Bighorn Campaign, although he wasn't part of the battle. George Crook and John Gibbon were infantry commanders during the LBH campaign. Nelson Miles was in overall command at Wounded Knee, although he wasn't part of the massacre and criticized it later. Again, sources are wikipedia articles on these individuals. Lots of other CW generals running around the west during the Indian Wars.

Additional source: http://www.civilwar.org/hallowed-ground-magazine/winter-2015/shades-of-blue-and-gray.html

Of course most of these folks were reduced in rank in the Regular Army after the CW (Custer was a Lt. Col.)

Friday Bonus:
"Flora Stuart, the widow of Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart, remained in heavy morning for 59 years after the 1864 death of her husband, wearing black until she died in 1923."
Source: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/histo...didnt-know-about-the-civil-war-178230/?no-ist
 
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