93 years later we were on the Moon.
Very detailed timeline you have there. Given that Custer’s entire army was wiped out, who kept it?
Custer was massively out gunned.
Custer got cocky.
Custer died.
Custer’s arrogance finally caught up with him
I wrote an high school term paper on Custer’s last stand.
Often wondered of Nathan Bedford Forrest would have made the same mistakes.
Bttt.
5.56mm
Anyone know if they are keeping the battlefield cut or is it over grown with prairie grass?
Would you like visit the site, one day.
I saw a cool thing on, I think, the History Channel (back when it was about history) where a cavalry carbine still held by a Sioux
was tracked, through records, archaeology, and comparison of shell casings dug up on the battlefield
from the name of the cavalryman to whom it was issued,
to the place on the battlefield where he likely died,
to where it was taken and used by a Sioux on another part of the battlefield.
They showed the carbine, and how it had been decorated by the Sioux with brass nails and engravings.
Fascinating stuff.
I’ve always been of the opinion that the theory about soft copper cartridge cases jamming and fatally slowing the soldiers’ rate of fire touches on a deciding factor (the same theory has been posited about the British annihilation at Isandlwana 3 years later, and I think it’s even more likely to have been the deciding factor in that case). The fact that clutches of bodies have been found further out from the main “last stand” area also suggests that something caused cohesion to break down significantly — maybe just the presence of a thousand Indians, but I think more likely something more panic-inducing would the inability to defend yourself with your weapon.
I did not read the article. Did Custer win??
“What happened? Why didn’t he retreat back towards Reno Hill after Yates’ failed charge of the village? Was he cut-off before that point? Did he really think his ~ 600 troops could subdue a village as large as it was rumored to be? Why did he refuse the 4 companies of the 2nd Cavalry under Brisbin?”
Probably pride.
“I fought with Custer” is a good memoir by 1st Sgt. Charles Windolph, who won the Congressional Medal of Honor for Heroism at the battle. He was assigned to Major Reno’s unit of the 7th Calvary. He indicates in his memoir that Custer made a lot of mistakes and was overconfident. It is a very interesting read.
“07:30am - Custer receives Varnum’s note indicating the village has been spotted
7:29am - Sitting Bull receives two Sioux’s note indicating Custer has been spotted.
If only these guys could have gone back with their tank...
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ROTnCjw1ci8/UpvZxPrqAMI/AAAAAAAAEFM/cQOb500U7i4/s1600/Tank+Trio.png
The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms
https://twilightzone.fandom.com/wiki/The_7th_is_Made_Up_of_Phantoms
“June twenty-fifth 1964 - or, if you prefer, June twenty-fifth 1876. The cast of characters in order of their appearance: a patrol of General Custer’s cavalry and a patrol of National Guardsmen on a maneuver. Past and present are about to collide head-on, as they are wont to do in a very special bivouac area known as... the Twilight Zone.”
