Posted on 05/10/2007 5:43:50 AM PDT by drzz
Everything else I said is true. They died of Custer’s miscalculation of the enemy forces and some bad management decisions, including how Custer related to his officers.
Underestimating the enemy is always a bad thing.
Getting seriously outflanked is also a bad thing.
Doing it when undermanned in an indefensible location is a bad thing too...
Disclaimer: I wear bifocals..so maybe I'm not seeing what you are seeing. lol!!
FRegards,
That was key. He didn’t realize it was a war village, nor the size of it. He needed to believe his intelligence and get more before acting.
The Indians had a so poor organization that they were surprised twice during the battle and suffered great friendly fire.
Previous US victories in the Plains were Adobe Walls or Beecher’s Island, which opposed 50 soldiers to 1’500 warriors.
Custer’s 647 men COULD defeat 1’500 warriors, it would be a hard fight but a possible victory, and US general in chief Nelson A Miles clearly said it.
Interesting video, but really presents no real “PROOF” of anything other than Benteen didn’t choose to commit suicide.
Getting seriously outflanked is also a bad thing.
Doing it when undermanned in an indefensible location is a bad thing too...
All lessons that the German Sixth Army re-learned at Stalingrad, 65 years later.
also he did not want to carry two types of ammo...the older 50-70 Ammo for the Gatling's and the newer 45-70 ammo for the Model 1873 Trapdoor Springfield Rifles/Carbines. Bringing the Gatlings could have made a difference. Also the Army brass didnt like the idea of wasting ammo in repeating rifles so even though the Henry and Spencer repeating rifles were used by Union forces in the Civil War, they were put out of business after the war. For long range high power shooting the Trapdoor Springfield was the superior weapon, but for fighting the close-in guerrilla tactics of the Indians, it was way to slow. the Indians put their repeaters to good use.
It is not true, sorry.
Custer said that he would find 1’500 warriors, and there were 1’500 warriors.
Caryz Horse never flanked Custer, Custer died by waiting for Benteen and Reno after a two-hours battle.
The location wasn’t indefensible, the took a stand for more than two hours there.
IIRC, they had bows and arrows too.
Gatling guns were far too heavy for a cavalry unit. Impossible to take them along.
“The Lakota had repeating rifles, not bows and arrows, as in that painting. The Army had single shot rifles and Colt sidearms. They never had a prayer.......”
Yep. Custer was badly outgunned, something most don’t realize. And it was primarily his own fault.
Never did understand the odd notion of chasing ‘glory’ from that era.
“I suppose he also didn’t leave the gatling guns behind either?”
One of those ‘what ifs’ you can debate forever.
yup! Thats what Custer said.
Terry took the Gatlings with him, he was late at Little Big Horn and his entire column suffered because of the Gatling, which were also known as poor weapons, which didn’t impress Indians because they never worked well.
This is search engine coordination.
This is beyond Dan Rather cherry picking the stories, this is now a way to create blocks which are triggered automatically in any random search.
It is akin to “miserable failure” manipulations of google searches.
No, that was historians say. That what US general in chief Nelson A Miles said.
Yes, I know. But this is a political website, and to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
I just want to present an historical study about the Little Big Horn.
If I was presenting it on a liberal website, the entire debate would be “can we ever honor a US soldier” etc.
I hope that posting on a conservative website will bring more serious comments, because you are patriots and always ready to look carefully at the facts, especially if a US soldier like Custer was tarnished for a disaster he didn’t cause.
Watch:
http://www.custerwest.org (website in English/French with facts and videos)
VIDEOS: US General in chief Miles on Little Big Horn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6tFXzvKJTc
The Little Big Horn case (I): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKeTsG2JpQA
The Little Big Horn case (II) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lwpHpq-iP0
The real story of Washita: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4534E1cCLyQ
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