Washita Battlefield National Historic Site...

The Park Headquarters and Visitor Center

...out here it sits on the Oklahoma plains,
a visit to our past, a history of our pains;
it's the site of a battle or retaliation if you will,
the place where George Armstrong Custer went in for the kill.

It could have been much worse, but the Seventh made escape,
and some soldiers left behind made it out after a long wait;
but eight years later, Little Big Horn was the place,
when the soldiers left behind failed to help Custer win his final race.**

The Battlefield Monument

The land is now at peace

Birds the live here, and the sunset.

**There was deep resentment within the 7th Cavalry that never healed.[53] In particular, Elliott's friend, H Company captain Frederick Benteen, never forgave Custer for "abandoning" Elliott and his troopers. Eight years later, when Benteen failed to race to Custer's aid at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, his actions were closely examined in light of his long-standing anger toward Custer for the events at the Washita River.