Catalog of sale in New York, Dec. 10, 2010 of the 7th Cavalry, Company C guidon, recovered from the battlefield, belonging to the Detroit Institute of the Arts.

BILLINGS — After spending much of the last century in storage, the only U.S. flag not captured or lost during Custer’s Last Stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn sold at auction Friday for $2.2 ...

Of the five guidons carried by Custer's battalion only one was immediately recovered, from beneath the body of a fallen trooper. And while Custer's reputation has risen and fallen over the years - ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The only U.S. flag not captured or lost during George Armstrong Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn in southeastern Montana sold at auction Friday for $2.2 ...

NEW YORK -- Lt. Col. George Custer and the men of his 7th Cavalry Regiment went into the Battle of the Little Bighorn with flags flying, but they were wiped out, and nearly all their military ...

Company guidons at Little Bighorn were abbreviated versions of the American flag, said John Doerner, the monument's historian. Each had a V-shaped cutout at the end to reduce wind drag, and they ...