about six o'clock in the evening
Bob Owens rode away with his command that morning , and it was a long time before George heard of him again . He left Fort Lincoln with General Terry , went off with Custer on that memorable scout , and when that officer divided his command into three detachments , Sergeant Owens was one of those who were detailed to remain behind with the packs . He heard all of that terrible fight on that bright Sunday afternoon when Reno was defeated and Custer fell with so many of his devoted followers . He took part in the closing scenes of it , for when the packs were ordered up , about six o'clock in the evening , he was under fire from that time until nine , and saw eighteen of his companions killed and forty-six wounded . He marched back to Fort Lincoln with the remnants of the expedition , which had been whipped at every point by the wily old savage it had hoped to crush , and was ordered to Fort Leavenworth , where he received his honorable discharge . Then he went home , and he is there now , living on the best of terms with everybody , especially David Evans . Although he was kept in the army long months beyond his time , he does not complain , for it gives him the opportunity to refer , when speaking of his frontier experience , to the `` time when he was with Custer . ''