The last flag of the Bear Colonel George Armstrong Custer was sold at auction to an anonymous collector for $ 2.2 million.
The flag was picked up on the hill of Little Bighorn in Montana, where Custer and his Seventh Cavalry were defeated by the Indians (June 25, 1876) from the Hunkpapa and Oglala Sioux, Cheyennes and Apaches, led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.
the defeat was more severe and bitter that the U.S. military had to suffer during the 'Indian wars. Custer's battalion was destroyed: 246 men remained on the field, soldiers and officers. However
American imagination and been a battle described in countless books and movies.
The flag collection was sold at auction under the body of a soldier few days after the battle and is the only one that has not been destroyed by the Indians.
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