[commish]

To the 7th Calvary. They were not prepared for what they ran into at Little Big Horn, but fought bravely.

LBH is an abject lesson to all Military Leaders on what can and will go wrong on a battlefield.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Fought bravely, my butt. I love how all these articles portraying such a gallant "Last Stand" and such all leave out several important details, such as:

1. before the battle was joined, Custer sent troops to try and take the women and children hostages so he could have a "Bargaining Chip" to get the Indians to surrender, and

2. There was no "Last Stand" as is often protrayed in popular films, paintings, and books, but several stands as the indians took cavalry position after position to the point that one large contingent of troops fled the battlefield attempting to escape, and were in thr process of being chased down while Custer's position was in the process of being taken out... Custer was killed way before the battle was over. And good riddance.

[Romulus]

They were not prepared for what they ran into at Little Big Horn, but fought bravely.

The Sioux fought more bravely. They were fighting for their homes and their way of life. And they weren't being paid.