THE SPIN BACK THEN (same as it ever was)

The day is almost done, when look!
 Heaven now defend him, the charm of his life is broken,
 for Custer has fallen; a bullet cleaves a pathway through his side,
and as he falters another strikes his noble breast.
He is the last to succumb to death.
 And dies, too, with the glory of accomplished duty
and the benediction of a grateful country. 

Excerpt from the book "Heroes of the Plains" by J.W. Buel  -- 1881

(24" x 30" Oil on canvas)