2008 - "Bluecoats of Benteen "

Image Size 21" x 14"  

The last battalion of the 7th Calvary arrived at the edge of the Coulee led by Captain Frederick Benteen.  The horror that laid before them was difficult in that moment for any man to comprehend.  Benteen's hatred for Custer would never be hidden from history, and now he glanced to the northwest to the sounds of thundering gunfire..It had to be Custer... There was no choice in developing an instantaneous strategy...Benteen had to save what remained of Reno's men who were fighting for their lives from a defensive position above the Bighorn River.  He ordered his men to ride to Reno's position and to join in the fighting.  The trumpet resounded the call to charge, and the Bluecoats of Benteen moved to battle.

Captain Frederick Benteen survived the
Battle of Little Bighorn.

This painting was created from photos taken by the Artist along the Bighorn River at the actual battlefield  of Benteen/Reno.  This is the third painting of the Artist's series" The Bighorn Trilogy"