Photo, left:  Battle of Washita (from Harper's Weekly, December 19, 1868).  The Battle of Washita River (also called Battle of the Washita or the Washita Massacre) occurred on November 27, 1868, when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle’s Southern Cheyenne camp on the Washita River (near present-day Cheyenne, Oklahoma), part of a major winter encampment of numerous Native American tribal bands.
 
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
 
Hour One
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell (1 of 8)
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 1, Block B:  Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell (2 of 8)
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 1, Block C: Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell (3 of 8)
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 1, Block D:  Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell (4 of 8)
 
Hour Two
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 2, Block A:  Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell (5 of 8)
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 2, Block B:  Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell (6 of 8)
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 2, Block C:   Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell (7 of 8)
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 2, Block D:  Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell (8 of 8)
 
Hour Three
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 3, Block A:  Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America, by T. J. Stiles (1 of 8)
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 3, Block B:   Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America, by T. J. Stiles (2 of 8)
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 3, Block C:  Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America, by T. J. Stiles (3 of 8)
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 3, Block D: Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America, by T. J. Stiles (4 of 8)
 
Hour Four
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 4, Block A:  Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America, by T. J. Stiles (5 of 8)
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 4, Block B:  Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America, by T. J. Stiles (6 of 8)
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 4, Block C:  Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America, by T. J. Stiles (7 of 8)
Saturday 21 May 2016 / Hour 4, Block D:  Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America, by T. J. Stiles (8 of 8)