Welshman killed by native Americans
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 12:00 am
Racism!!!
Letters from the only Welshman to fight at the US Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 have been rediscovered.
Sgt William Batine James, from Pembrokeshire, was a member of the 7th Cavalry which was slaughtered in the bloody battle in Montana.
Fishguard reporter Mike Lewis found the correspondence Sgt James wrote to his brother.
He will take them to the Little Bighorn Battlefield monument next month.
The 7th Cavalry were led by Lt Col George Armstrong Custer who died on the battlefield with many of his troops.
More than 260 US soldiers were killed in combat and it was an overwhelming victory for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes - led by famous warriors such as Crazy Horse and Chief Gall - during the US government's attempt to reclaim the Black Hills region.
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