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Custer battle June 25th 1876
June 25, 2017, 04:28 PM
ChuckWallCuster battle June 25th 1876
Custer's home - Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Terr.
This is where Libbie was informed of the tragedy of the battle.
Commanding Officer's Quarters 
Where Custer Fell ~ June 1876 Pictographs of LBH by Sitting Bull.
Buffalo Bill Cody Historical Center - Cody, Wyo.
Pictographs by Sitting Bull 
Grave of Crow Scout Curly 
Custer's West Point Dress Uniform The command attempted to get to the top of this hill but found a thousand Sioux already there.
Last Stand HillThe 7th's senior officer.
Grave of Capt. Marcus Reno-Custer National Cemetary
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MAGA
June 25, 2017, 04:36 PM
GWbiker"These guys don't look so tough", George Custer tells his aide as hundreds of Indians pour on the field.
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"Some people are alive today because it's against the law to kill them".
June 25, 2017, 04:48 PM
mdblantonI may have posted this before on the topic but the ranger's narration makes you think he saw it first hand.
C-SPAN Custer's Last Stand Michael
June 25, 2017, 06:43 PM
ZSMICHAELquote:
I may have posted this before on the topic but the ranger's narration makes you think he saw it first hand.
I enjoyed it. Thanks
June 25, 2017, 08:02 PM
Edmondquote:
Originally posted by mdblanton:
I may have posted this before on the topic but the ranger's narration makes you think he saw it first hand.
Michael
Fascinating. Thank you for that, Michael.
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June 25, 2017, 08:06 PM
Sigmundquote:
Originally posted by OcCurt:
...That battlefield is an eerie place. As TMats said there are a number of vantage points that allow an unobstructed view.
All those white markers identifying where a U.S. Soldier fell, in isolated little clumps scattered about the plain, culminating in the small rise where Custer fell, it is easy to imagine the course of the battle. It really is haunting to look at.
Eerie is spot on. This book does a good job detailing where all the solders fell, with then and now photos:
https://www.amazon.com/Where-C...ds=where+custer+fellJune 25, 2017, 08:55 PM
jhe888I'd like to visit.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. June 25, 2017, 09:02 PM
Sig2340Custer: "Where in the Hell did all these fucking Indians come from?"
Old Yellow Hair got what he deserved that day.
His men, not so much.
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government."
Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
June 25, 2017, 09:04 PM
Sunset_Vaquote:
Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
I came across this the other day. I did not realize the signficance of Commanche and how he had survived the battle. It looks like the taxidermist did an excellent job. Here is the link:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/3312
I have a Breyer Commemorative of Commanche. His story and post battle life is wonderful.
美しい犬
June 25, 2017, 09:19 PM
cparktdHas there been a reasonable estimate of Indian deaths? I don't remember ever hearing.
Guess not everyone is a fan...
Apparently there is a big long loop drive of the area / battlefield? Sister and BIL did it a few years ago and she said never again! Boring drive she said, took a long time. But they were on Harleys and it was miserably hot that day.
Endeavor to persevere. June 26, 2017, 12:18 AM
ElToroi think Benteen had a serious dislike of Custer and hung him out to dry maybe on purpose. If not on purpose maybe he didn't encourage his men to back up the men getting slaughtered quite fast enough
June 26, 2017, 12:44 AM
HornLots of side notes about that battle and Reno. Comanche belonged to Maj, Keogh and was named because he'd once belonged to a Comanche. Reno was a captain in the cavalry at the Battle of Mine Creek October 25, 1864 at Mine Creek (KS)and involved about 12,500 cavalry on both sides. Reno is credited with ordering his burglar to blow charge that started the attack on the Confederates attempting to cross flooded Mine Creek. For Civil War buffs/ "OCTOBER 25th and THE BATTLE OF MINE CREEK BY LUMIR F. BURESH. ($12.95) The Lowell Press, KC, Missouri.
Perhaps the largest all cavalry battle of that war!
Reno was an honorable soldier then and at the Little Big Horn.
Poli Viejo
June 26, 2017, 07:58 AM
mikeyspizzaquote:
Originally posted by Horn:
Lots of side notes about that battle and Reno. Comanche belonged to Maj, Keogh and was named because he'd once belonged to a Comanche. Reno was a captain in the cavalry at the Battle of Mine Creek October 25, 1864 at Mine Creek (KS)and involved about 12,500 cavalry on both sides. Reno is credited with ordering his burglar to blow charge that started the attack on the Confederates attempting to cross flooded Mine Creek. For Civil War buffs/ "OCTOBER 25th and THE BATTLE OF MINE CREEK BY LUMIR F. BURESH. ($12.95) The Lowell Press, KC, Missouri.
Perhaps the largest all cavalry battle of that war!
Reno was an honorable soldier then and at the Little Big Horn.
Poli Viejo
Benteen was also at Mine Creek.