Crazy Horse vs. Custer : The Battle Of The Little Bighorn
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Two of the Old West's most legendary figures in meet in one of the most important battles in American history. Both would solidify their legends forever, but only one would survive...
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Fun Fact: when Sitting Bull came into Canada and stayed with the Blood tribe he gave us many gifts and one day a young boy joined his older brothers to meet the Great Sitting Bull, Sitting Bull took a liking to this young boy and challenged this young boy to beat one of his men in combat. The young boy was victorious and Sitting Bull gave his name to this young boy. This young boy is my ancestor (my great great great grandfather).
What was the name Sitting Bull gave your grandfather?
@@jasonroberts9357 Sitting Bull. He transferred his name to my great grandfather. It was a common thing to transfer and gift names to others back then. My great grandfather who received the name had 3 sons, 2 kept the last name and 1 (my great great grandfather) had his name changed at a residential school by a priest who retired. He then had 14 kids and only a few of the descendants still use sitting Bull as their last name.
@@juiceman104 Great story! Thanks for your reply and for sharing your family's history. God bless you and yours!
are you the new Sitting Bull ?
@@TedJones107 No, the name died with my ancestor.
Good presentation. Two points of clarification. Crazy Horse's "indiscretion" did not cost him "chief" rank, but rather the high honor of "shirt wearer", a mixed position of authority... His vision was not that he would be "killed by the bluecoats", but rather that he would die in an incident involving his own people acting against him... When he realized that he was going to be thrown in jail, he tried to spring into action... A former close friend of his...a fellow warrior... grabbed his arm... and while so hindered, he was stabbed. YP
I read a book when I was 10 (in 1983) about Crazy Horse and became a fan-boy for life. I remember going on to read dozens of books about Indians, but none of them were as dark and realistic as the stories you get on this channel.
Crazy Horse was a great warrior and so was Sitting Bull. I admire them both, it's no wonder that they are still talked about today. Legends. Thank you 💛 for sharing this wonderful episode.
I love your narration style. Steady voice, clear and to the point. Nothing held back. You lay it out like it was.
On the the topic of major US Army defeats, I'd love to see an episode about the Battle of the Wabash.
The odds seem to have been stacked significantly against Custer. They were clearly ill prepared for the numbers they encountered.
I was made a Hunka brother to a Lakota friend, it was incredible to here him talk about this from the perspective of his family and the story they passed down.
A man, born and bred in the same village as me, Garsington, Oxfordshire, England, won the Medal of Honour in this battle. His name was James Pym
and he was in Reno's command. He won his medal for volunteering to cross open ground under heavy fire to fetch water from the nearby creek for his
wounded and thirst maddened pals, holed up on Reno hill. He did this several times until he himself was wounded and could no longer go. When he died
in the 1890s, the US army took his body back to lie among his mates in the Little Big Horn cemetery.
Yes, I know the name of James Pym! A brave man.
Walking this Battlefield was truly amazing. Shouts to Lodge Grass and Lame Deer. A'ho... my brothers.
Bloody Knife was Custer’s “favorite” scout, not Reno’s. He was also an Arikara, not a Crow.
Well technically he was half Hunkpapa Lakota and half Arikara, which was a point of contention in his youth as he was discriminated against and abused heavily by full blood Lakotas for his background
Bloody knife was actually half arikara and half hunkpapa souix. Which was the band of sitting bull and gall. And I guess bloody knife stabbed gall numerous times years before but gall lived he was actually a key part in this victory.although I feel bad for him because he lost his wife and kids that day.
@@brianwood308 Yes. His wives and kids were killed by the Arikara scouts while picking wild turnips during Reno’s assault. Gall said that that “Made his heart bad” and that he “fought with the hatchet” after that.
I'm honored that you would ask my
Opinion.
Crazy Horse employed good tactics.
Custer was beyond hope...he suffered from acute Hubris. And
Never should have divided his forces.
You say that Crazy Horse had the premonition/intuition about a big fight coming, but i've read before that it was Sitting Bull's vision. Also, the scout killed next to Reno was not a Crow, he was an Arikara called Bloody Knife.
Just death for a sellout.
@@toniagarcia3247not necessarily a sellout. The enemy of my enemy. Sioux were barbarous to his tribe.
Audacity and hostage taking had worked for Custer brilliantly many times before - just not this time...
Great recounting!
Damn proud to be Lakota.
Why?
well done..and surely deserve so much more views/subs..well researched and presented...and effective at getting the point across...
Crazy horse was actually killed by another Indian, Little Big Man, crazy horse was arrested to prevent ensuing disruption
And there was a loud commotion in the tent between him and other indians who already gave up their way of life in exchange for reservation and allowances of meat and blankets, it was the indians who arrested him
Least that's what I remember from the book
Crazy Horse was an outstanding "general". One of the key things in this regard is to understand your enemy and take advantage of his weaknesses and avoid his strengths. Crazy Horse did this in spades. Indeed the entire Cheyenne/Lakota leadership did this. That is why they won the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Regardless of what people think Custer did nothing wrong , He was more afraid that the Hostiles would escape than he was of fighting them , Custer and the Army had been informed by the Indian Agency that only 800 hostiles existed he had no news of the battle of the Rosebud and thus was unaware of the actual size of the hostile camp , The Crow scouts Custer had were doing their very best to avoid the backlash of the battle by saying they advised Custer not to attack however they had no clue how big the camp was and from the Crows Nest it would have been impossible to see on the other hand a witness did state the crow scouts told Custer to attack due to being spotted by a few Indians not connected to the camp even egging him on.
Contrary to belief Custer put up a good fight the archology shows he formed skirmish lines and held out for around 30-45 mins hoping the rest of the regiment would come to his aid , Shell casings found at the scene suggest Custer's men were flanked and as each company was overrun the survivors would move to the next company until the those that were still living were killed on Last Stand Hill , Custer seems to have committed suicide the only wounds found on him were a bullet wound to the temple and one to the upper chest I believe no mutilation occurred apart from the sticks pushed into his ears and penis due to a promise he broke to the Cheyenne.
Good for Cheyenne.
You are correct in most points, except for suicide and ear damage. The wound to his temple was on the left side; Custer was right-handed, eyewitnesses reported no evidence of powder burns, and the angle was consistent with a shot from above to a person on the ground.
Also, the story of sewing awls/sticks pushed into his ears is likely apocryphal. None of the Natives knew until well afterwards that Custer was there, they believed Crook's forces had caught up with them after being defeated by the Natives at the Rosebud ten days before. The blood from his ears was likely due, and consistent with, the bullet wound to his left temple.
@@toniagarcia3247 You mean the penis?
@@retriever19golden55 Nice to see a comment from someone who knows what they are talking about.
It seems many are missing the point. It doesn't matter how it was done. Sitting Bull was a holy man, and prayed for the survival of the people, and was finally given a vision of soldiers falling from the sky by God, called Wakantanka.. It was God who engineered that whole battle.
I used to live in the land of Crazy Horse. He was a shirt wearer. He was given his father's name, Crazy Horse. Before that he was called Curly.
This is one I've been waiting for my friend. Thank you.
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Custer is one of my favorite civil war north participant. I've probably read more about Custer then any other historical figure. Great video, informative and entertaining. Looks like you have a new subscriber.
Welcome to the HOKC family!
There's no accounting for individual tastes, but custer yuck.
@@toniagarcia3247 Why do you say that? Custer was an amazing leader.
@@toniagarcia3247Custer was a courageous man and a legitimate Civil War hero. He was a Lt. Colonel in the regular Army, and was *not* in charge of the expedition, that was General Alfred Terry. As a soldier, he did not set government policy towards the Natives, and he broke no treaties. He's become the poster child for every awful thing ever done to Native peoples by Europeans simply because he's the only soldier in the Indian Wars most Americans can name. The blame for what happened rests squarely on the US government, and the wealthy men in the East who pressured the government to take care of " the Indian problem" so they could make money off the West without ever setting foot there.
Custer gave way to hubris and history does not remember him fondly. I grieve for the wives and mothers of the men that died because of his poor judgment.
What like Cheyenne and Lakota wives and children? "......men that died because of his poor judgement."
Daddywarfucks: Guess again, ringmeat. Many contemporary historians and scholars are viewing George Armstrong Custer through a more positive lens. The reason why you think history does not remember him fondly are many: Examples:
1 - People don't really read enough about the man (the less people know, the more they always suspect).
2 - Custer is a scapegoat (his name is famous; as such, he makes the perfect fall guy. One of the worst atrocities soldiers ever committed upon Indians occurred at Sand Creek, in 1864. Colonel John Chivington and his men raped, butchered and scalped hundreds of peaceful Cheyennes and Arapahos, but no one has ever heard of Colonel John Chivington, they just blame Custer because his name is well-known).
3 - Media. Movies, films, documentaries, etc, etc... - as inaccurate as they always are, people believe them to be true; and sadly, most people tend to just watch, as opposed to doing any kind of reading and research.
4 - Custer was flamboyant, and he was an Indian fighter. According to the history of the ignorant, this means Custer was vain, egotistical, and a blood-thirsty Indian hater.
5 - Many things about Custer, his life, and his last battle, are simply not true; they are myths. However, because history repeats these myths so readily, and so often, they become "true" simply by dint of saturation.
6 - I could go on...but why? You're as ignorant about this topic as most everyone else, and I am doubtless wasting my time.
More like his arrogance and stupidity...
@@jonathanwahlin257 Perfect example.
Fuck Custer and his whole Cav may the rest in Piss
Ohhh soooo excited!
The tactics at the time fighting Indians was to attack before the band could disperse into the plains.
Custers fault was not having an accurate recon of the Size of the village .
Very well done pard *LIKED* the video --LT
Custer should never have split his command. I've visited the site of the Little Bighorn battle. Much of it is just as it was in 1876, just cleaner. The markers are spread all over the place. It makes you ponder. You walk slowly through as you read the inscriptions on marker after marker after marker. One of Custer's problems was his ego. This was bolstered by his rapid advancement during the Civil War. It also didn't help the army didn't do much in the way of punishment. An officer guilty of some of the things that Custer did would, today, be court-martialed and dismissed from service. Custer was simply "suspended" from service for a while and then allowed to return.
I'm currently reading one of Louis L'Amour's Sackett books, "The Lonely Men." One of the characters states that the Indian way of life was coming to an end; not because of the army, but because of traders. The Indians were becoming dependent on the white man for guns, ammo, and other things that they could not acquire in any way other than warfare. It's an interesting thought.
good comment! But Custer should never have split his command if he wanted to protect his command. What Custer wanted, and I am sure you agree, was to attack, defeat and kill Native Indians. Which he could only do by taking the risk of splitting his command.
Horrible, inaccurate, unlearned, ignorant and biased comments from the both of you. Custer split his command so he could envelope the village. Envelopment was a tried and true tactic used with great success during the Anglo-Indian wars on the Great Plains. But the only way a commander could envelope a village, especially a large one, was to divide his command into separate battalions. What Custer wanted? He wanted a victory, of course, but his goal was not to kill as many Native Indians as he could. The fundamental mission of the Little Bighorn campaign was to find the Indians and prevent them from escaping. In Colonel Gibbon's own words, "that was the thought pervading the minds of us all...to find the Indians and prevent them from escaping". If circumstances had been in Custer's favor, he would have captured some of the village's noncombatants. Custer well knew if he could manage to capture but a handful of noncombatants, the warriors in the village would capitulate immediately. Native warriors will not fight if their women and children are captured. By apprehending some noncombatants, Custer would have had one of the best kinds of victories possible - one in which hardly a shot is fired, and there is very little bloodshed.
Johnslaughter is an unread douchebag. "One of Custer's problems was his ego". Really? Give me a bonafide historical example of Custer's ego, Johnslaughter. Can you? If you're going to spout off your opinions like they are facts, at least back them up with some kind of documented or substantiated example. By the way, in 1867, Custer WAS court-martialed for various offenses, but he wasn't "allowed" to return, he was ASKED then ORDERED to return, you moron.
Johnslaughter's description of the Little Bighorn battle site: "Much of it is just as it was in 1876, just cleaner". Hahahahahaah! First of all, what the hell do you mean by "cleaner"? Secondly, how the hell would you know what the area looked like in 1876 that you could possibly compare it to the present, and write, "Much of it is just as it was in 1876, just cleaner"??? Were you fugging there in 1876?
Am I irritating you yet, Johnslaughter? Here's some more ... Louis L'amour was a huge Custer admirer and supporter.
@@Eadbhard Irritating me? No. I'm laughing hysterically at your ranting. You should be onstage as a stand up comedian.
@@johnslaughter5475 Sounds good. I'll be the comedian and you, the imbecile, can be my muse.
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In the middle of winter. OR take the Rations.
It all sucked bad then @ N.O.W. LOOK AT
PINE RIDGE - ROSEBUD -
All thru Oklahoma..N @ S...Dakita. Etc
.Florida
Idaho - montana. Etc.
Mrs. Custer was the only reason that this battle became an issue.
She was certainly an ARDENT proponent of her late husband's legacy.
I'm digging this channel keep up the good work!
Glad you enjoy it!
Me also...
I live on AZ. Alot of history here. Love hearing tales of the old west...
could you research and present the aftermath of the military investigation RE Benteen and Reno plz..
Customer made a calculated decision to attack the village to gain an element of surprise so without any sort of adequate intelligence as to the size of the force in front of him the outcome was already decided.
Custer did have good intel about the size of the village from his own scouts,But apparently didnt believe his scouts or maybe he figured surprise,speed and support from Reno and Benteen would bring a victory
So you think Custer had no idea of how many warriors he faced even though the War Department estimated there would be 800-1,500 warriors when they sent those three columns out that summer or despite the fact that they'd been following the village's trail for weeks and saw it become progressively larger?
First of all , Custer wasn't dummy , contrary to all these warfare ex-perts after the fact . Second, he was sacrificed in many ways . And let down by some
@@MJ-we9vu the war dept had no idea how many warriors were out there,all they knew was several tribes were starting to amass along the rose bud and yellowstone and its not inconcievable that Custer could have won that fight BUT he needed Benteen and Reno to engage..that didnt happen
And i dont believe Custer was actually dumb or arrogant enough to try and take on double his own numbers and go toe-to-toe with that many warriors.
I think his plan was to capture women and children and force the warriors to back down...but again he needed Reno and Benteen to actually engage to do that..but for whatever reasons Reno and Benteen did not support
The comments will be interesting…
Custer had 210 men in his detachment, and i think Reno and Benteen and the pack train had the remaining 500 men... i always wondered two things:
1) The 7th had single shot breechloading springfield rifles. If the 7th Cav had 7-shot rifles , would they have been able to survive, Reno-Benteen's combined defense, and could Custer's section have held the Indians at bay and driven them off?
2) with their existing Springfield rifles, how many more men would Custer have needed to repel the Indians? he had about 215 but was outnumbered i think 3 to 1. Would 300 men in all have been enough to provide enough fire to halt the Indian advance? 400 men with Springfields?
You folks are great
Ironically, the Victory at the Little Big Horn would spell DOOM for the tribes.
You are exactly right.
And nearly 200 yrs later, the patriotism machine known as the US is still oppressing, intimidating and bullying anyone who doesn't have the capabilities to adequately defend themselves. Not much has changed!
Wonderful
Doing proper recon would have saved the 7th Cavalry. Some reports also say that Custer had at least two gatling guns with him that he chose to leave behind for speed. Those guns, properly set and manned, could have changed history.
It was not a Crazy Horse/ Custer battle. Crazy Horse was late to the fight to begin with.
1:20 I've never heard nor seen it cited that the Sioux and their allies were looking for a confrontation with the American military. Would you please cite that?
Crazy Horse had led an attack on Crook's column ten days before, on the Rosebud River about 25 miles away. They had no knowledge of Custer, they believed the attacking forces were Crook's.
They were not looking for a fight but Custer was.
Will you make a video about Hernando De Soto's Expedition?
Yes!
I'll bet you that just the mere sight of seeing Custer's golden luscious curls really pissed off all of the braves 💆🏼♂️
Custer didnt have his golden curls at little bighorn,He had his hair cut before leaving for the campaign
I'll bet you they discussed the beauty/disgust factor of scalping him in terms of the curls similarity to Shirley Temple's.
@@jasonbrown372 Shirley Temple wasn't around yet, but sure, show the FBI that the watchlist you're on is for the right reasons
@@FarmerDrew Let them watch this🖕
@@jasonbrown372 wow that's tremendous I haven't seen such a feat of bold show of force since a B1-B Lancer flew over my house
The commanders of those US armies where all veterans of the Civil War, where although the defeat was embarrassing, the 200+ dead troopers were a drop in the bucket, a minor skirmish, compared to the carnage they had been accustomed to in the Civil War. Vengeance was coming down on those tribes.
@HOKC , me and many others would appreciate you addressing the blatant hate speech in your comment section man. I come here for history of my & other tribes, half of what I see in the comments is hate & racism. I love your channel but this needs to be taken care of. I speak for myself and those who have haven't.
We're still here and very much so alive today.
Quick crying bitch 😒
@@michaelschott5590 that's a harsh way to put it but I have to agree, humans of any color/race can be truly awful people.
Sicilian & Apache 🖐️☀️
@@GreekFire.. I appreciate seeing acknowledgement from anybody here, genuinely. Being mixed I have to accept the history of both sides (late immigrated Italians & Apache fighters in Vietnam). I truly don't come from the pilgrim nor do I hold hate towards any race of people but everything with a comment section on topics of natives is full of bitterness, spite, and outright uneducated hate. It's infuriating because we aren't very represented at all and when we are, ignorance of others is always present.
@@Kawaiijihad it’s just sad seeing people speak on an entire race/culture as a monolith like they don’t know humans are complex by nature. The ignorance is crazy. I just try to look past it and appreciate learning what I can.
What are you talking about? I see nothing like that here.
Read this book twice! Great read! 🫶⭐️💪🏼✌️
Have you ever thought of reading some books of Custer and the fight on the zLittle Big Horn. The mess that you have done, really prove that you have no idea, what you’re talking about. Let that suffice!
I totally agree!
This times are are somewhat the same fight or surrender
Folks you made it! Liked and enjoyed as well and I believe there isn't any another fight in the Frontier history (maybe the name given Earp /Clanton fight) without more lying about it. Custer was at least a not genius tactician, dunno what he thought about strategy at all. Crazy Horse seems to be a lady's man and many people in Germany celebrate him. And let grow their hair :d~). Tashunka witko (his horse looks in to the other world when he goes to the battle, so difficult to catch words with a Christian background in Europe!) died by a maybe intentional mistake of the interpretor. He was ready to fight now for the blue coats because he was a fighter. If I were on his place this day maybe I would try to keep the warriors low on the belly and wipe out all the parts of the wasich'oon this very moment. In (at times rather short because he cuts it off before) Long Hair Custer 's role l had never attacked this camp let alone the condition of the troops. What kind of general attack a foe without seeing him and his numbers? I know he was Lt. Colonel Little Big Horn already. You make it very well friends and I'm waiting of the next shot. God's Blessing from Northern Germany as always!
Custer was a glory hound and a fool! His ego was always his biggest issue. He always had to press the attack for glory but the Little Bighorn was a case where prudence would have carried the day. Custer's defeat turned out to be a bigger loss for the Indians than it was for the army because it gave them a battlecry and unleashed the ire of the public.
So easy to condem him in 2023...
@@jeffsmith2022 that isn't just my opinion, it was the opinion of his contemporaries going as far back as the Civil War and perhaps as far as his time at West Point. I am a veteran and while I admire fighting spirit, his was less about victory and more about self-glorification.
G A Custer had other even less desirable behaviors but I will not delve into those.
Sure , contrary to all those frustrated , constipated nobodies , would be Napoleons
Would someone please tell me how many of the Indians died that day and if there was women in children as well that died
The Indian losses that day were 31 warriors (seven of whom were Cheyenne, the rest Lakota), six women and four children.
Custer deserved all he got. Hope it hurt
Ouch!!
Gotta say that Custer more than deserved his defeat.
His men didnt
What an intelligent observation.
If Custer had only said the pledge of allegiance at least 3 more times he would have been magically granted gatling guns and it would be a very different story.
Actually, he had access to more than one battery of Gatlin guns but refused to take them, saying that they would hider his mobility.
@@MissCleo24 reportedly, mobile was the reason he refused to take them. I'd wager he wished he had them once he saw what he was up against.
The Gatling gun was not as great as people think. It was not dependable. They were not traveling on smooth roads, over rough terrain. The Gatling gun didn’t play an important role in any battle they were very unreliable for many years. They look good in movies and TV westerns but not in real life.
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I tend to believe custer was shot just before trying to cross the river. By a Cheyenne woman. Then drug up the hill and proped up to fight, until the head wound.
What are you smoking?
@@mikehunt-fx7sf Buffalo Calf Robe woman, a northern Cheyenne is said to have killed custer. I wasn’t there, we’re you? If you know anything about this, then you know he was told if he betrayed the Cheyenne he would die by there hands. All that really matters is he got what he deserved.
@@johnkriete2152 You are in over your head! I have studied this battle for decades and have been to the battlefield. And my sister lives 40 miles from there on Crow Agency land that the Sioux stole from them. And I have many Lakota friends whos ancestors were at the battle. Buffalo Calf woman was one of a few female warriors who were there but she was 4 miles south at the Reno retreat site. And yes the Cheyenne did say he would die if he broke a promise years earlier but she could not be in two places at one time. It is one of many tales started by many Indians after the battle. Many warriors claimed to have killed Custer because it was big medicine and status to be the one. The fact is no Sioux or Cheyenne warrior even knew Custer was there until weeks after the battle. And the bullets that killed him probably came from hundreds of yards away!
@@mikehunt-fx7sf Brother I’m not trying to argue with you, I’ll be the first to admit I am no expert but I have studied the battle. 150 years later and we still cannot get along or even agree.
Reno FAILED Custer by not doing what he was told to do , to charge into the village, in other words to cause panic , so the women and children would run to the other end of the village, and be captured. but no Reno called for a holt ,and formed a skirmish line and a retreat. Giving the natives time to recover and shift to Custer. blocking his charge. Custer's mistake was trusting Reno and Benteen . the drunks
This attack of 3 columns of in total about 4000 USA soldiers on native people homeland, resulting in the attack on a peaceful native people gathering at the greasy grass, is a good example of an ethnic cleansing operation.
By the way, you have a great way of storytelling.
Those "native people" stole it and slaughtered the "native people" that were there before them. The Sioux were far from peaceful and other tribes always knew that. Most of them hated the Sioux.
Custer was widely known for his poor judgements as an Army officer. Historians would say arrogance. Leaving Fort Lincoln, unbeknownst to him,would be his last command. The Indians outnumbered the soldiers. Towards the end of the battle, it was every man for himself. It was just a horrible scene that day. Soldiers had no where to run. They died where they were shot.
Why was US military so few in numbers in these battles? Natives had a small population so i understand why small numbers of their fighters, but US army could and should have been more numerous.
They wouldn't openly declare war on an entire race, that's not Christian!
They had a relatively larg number or troops out there, just in smaller batches usually so they could cover more of the expansive land they were responsible for securing
The full detachment was about 400 men and scouts, but Custer split them in half with Major Reno taking the other half.
@@Elderos5 Wrong! 700.
There was bad horrible things done on both sides. The Indians were not innocent. , Custer accomplished one thing kept the Indians from gathering winter supplies if it was such a one sided victory why did the Indians not wait and finish off the relief column that relieved. Reno. Benteen officers who did indeed let Custer down also. There must have been more casualties on both sides that was stated but in the end it was Custer's fault
Native Americans were doomed from the time of the Spanish conquest. Population differences technological differences sociological differences all favored the Europeans. Indians couldn’t prolong did have they join together into a alliance, but they tried that several times and it didn’t work. They were just too technologically backward. That and their vulnerability to western diseases doomed them.
Custer was doomed after he stopped going to a barber.
Excellent narrative. Question.. Who of us would follow an officer that graduated the last in his graduation class from West Point? Accordingly , he would not bring the baby cannon which saved many a blue coat in the past . Long hair definat😢ely had an inflated ego. Shame so many troops died due to it.
Answer... you're an idiot. Custer's initial class at West Point numbered about 70 students, only 34 actually graduated, and Custer was among those who did. West Point is not a place for dummies. Custer graduated last in his class not because he was a simpleton, but because he was having a lot of fun at the academy. To be able to have fun at an austere and demanding institution like West Point, and to still graduate, that requires a modicum of genius. George Armstrong Custer was the most popular student in his class.
There were no "baby cannons" at the Little Bighorn, you moron; they were Gatling guns. By and large, Gatling guns were slow, cumbersome, and ineffectual when it came to fighting Indians on the Plains. Even if Custer did bring them, they would not have helped him.
If you did more research, your comments might be more accurate. As it is, you are merely displaying your ignorance about this subject.
Custer is still burning in Hell
Thanks for letting us know Kreskin!
@@mikehunt-fx7sf Have a Nice Day 🖕
The Plains tribes could never win. The technology difference and numbers were too great to over come. Futhermore if you remove all the main players in this drama the outcome would be the same.
Hmm.
Throughout history, great leaders have affected the course of history. The outcome may have been inevitable, but the course of events that lead to that outcome were clearly affected. Such has been the case since the beginning of humanity.
Good point.
Would someone please tell me how many of the Indians died that day and if there was women in children as well that died