Ride along with the 7th Cavalry to their doom
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- Custer's Last Stand reenactment veteran Mark Robertson rides with the 7th Cavalry to their demise, again. Robertson and the rest of the reenactors entertained a crowd in Hardin, MT during the annual reenactment of the Battle of Little Bighorn, June 22, 2013.
LLOYD BLUNK/Gazette Staff
The Battle of the Little Bighorn is still creating casualties.
23 years, he must hope for a win sometimes.
@4:52 Pretty sure that guy needs to lay off the bison burgers
Kind of like Monty Python's womens club re-enactment of "The Battle of Pearl Harbor".
Thx. I had to go watch. Not what I expected, yet that is Python comedy.
Riding in this event was great honor, and a blast . I sure miss all the fun an friends ... thanks everybody
So cool they are preserving History! I try to imagine what it must have been like during that time. 🇺🇲
History is the past....want to preserve the history and actions of the Third Reich too????
@@phillipweissburg1882 yes if we forget about the third reich we would also forget about the holocaust
Um, the Native Americans win.
This dude's teeth are worn down in the front like a lot of 7th Calvary were lol.
Somehow this reminds me of that old TV show F Troop.
+ma turner Hey.....don't pick on F Troop....that TV show made more sense....ha ha
F Troop. Now THERE was a great TV show!
The heart is to remind us , Always advance, never retreat.
Well if you always advance, you're going to die. Retreat is a good option if you have run out of supplies
0:47,didnt know that they had fat indians,i thought they were lean ,mean fighting machines.
elchoya100 Didn’t know they had fat soldiers.
"I've been doing this for 23 years. I'm an expert. Shot my finger off." Anyway, the REASON Custer lost was because they used the 1873 Springfield with copper cartridges which expanded when fired and jammed. The Indians had repeating rifles.
+gallantrycross x Sold to them by GREEDY Sutlers who didn't care who the damned Indians killed with them!!!
gallantrycross x the reason custer lost the battle is cuz he was out numbered by 1500 or more indians and surrounded and that the custer was dumb ass and lead unit into a trap get your information correct
@@robertmartinez8576 didn't help what they were using.
That’s a gross oversimplification of the battle.
Sorry, but that is not the only reason. Custer should never been placed in charge. The real Regimental Commander, Col. Sturgis was stuck on a recruiting mission and should have had overall command since he out ranked Custer and second, Custer did almost no recon and stumbled into the battle totally unprepared as well as split up his command so they could not support each other
I could never caner with one hand holding a flag!! You my good sir are a skilled rider!
Also my horse would never allow my to shoot on top of him to!! lol
Well I wish you could of seen the part... where I shot a carbine at a full run with no reins in hand an still controlled my horse with leg work.!!!!
Cameraman never dies
With rifles that didn't work!
I'm sorry but these dudes are majorly farby
Awesome! American history...good or bad, being shown and told. P.S., I say a well fed shirtless warrior 😀
This was nothing like the real battle ! ! The real battle was absolutely insane fighting ! ! there was chaos everywhere ! ! But mark Robertson did a great job ! ! Garry owen mark ! !
One can only imagine the absolute chaos, confusion and violence of the real battle
True but to get close at all to represent what the actual event looked like would require hundreds more participants. Events this size are still good to talk to the living historians and learn from their displays and camps about the battle and those who fought it.
Blimey! There's clearly more injuries in re-enactment than in the real thing! And I thought origami could be dangerous!
You used LIVE ammo to shoot off your finger....or was that a blank powder load...??? WTH...??🤔
That many serious accidents shouldn’t be something to laud. It’s indicative of a poorly ran and executed event with inexperienced/reckless participants.
Hey, that seems like a mighty good time by pretty much everyone involved. This seems like a Hell of a time.
Custer was an idiot. He condemned his entire unit before the battle even started.
"It is easy to call man a fool while sitting behind a castle wall"
He might have made a stupid decision but he bravely stood by his decision till his death. Calling him an idiot is a disrespect to his entire military career.
He was a glory hound and a loser. So few Indians killed while his whole company wiped out. Grant was right to condemn his actions.
I often wonder. If the folks who fought this battle would come back what would they think of the state of current "reenactments" of the day of their death?
Somehow I believe these are more entertainment for the public than a reflection of historical accuracy!
I personally think reenactments are disrespectful. It's making entertainment out of death and destruction. Let those killed in battle rest and leave the battlefields in peace. That is sacred ground soaked in blood. Not something to be trampled on with people playing army.
@@sgtstedanko7186I completely understand, but consider this. Reenactors spend a lot of time going over records and diaries trying to create a authentic (and safe) approximation of these people’s experiences. Re-enactors have to put themselves in their shoes. I think it is more respectful than letting the event fade into some obscure text to be used for some ideological talking point. These were real people, and texts simply struggle to convey that.
Red Cloud Was Not Part Of The Little Big Horn Battle
very good info but they certainly were not coming down medicine tail coulee where Custer was shot near the river. That being said it is a very good upload
thats why I stay off horses about 50 years ago I did not understand that a horse will not walk down a hill it will run down at its own pace. that was my last time on a horse I am surprized I was not killed
Next weeks reenactment.... The Charles Manson murders!
I could never caner with one hand holding a flag!! You my good sir are a skilled rider!
Also my horse would never allow my to shoot on top of him to!! lol
Pretty sure crazy horse was not fat and the men killed there mounts for cover and you still did it wrong I just came back form the battlefield of little big horn
Lazy horse missed the battle. His horse was sleepy
I have the worst luck. Every year I root for the cavalry, and every year they lose.
He has a ninja turtle hand now
The archaeologist explains the the 7th Calvary where actually running away from the Indians!
pussies
Tony Cole They were very outnumbered, so Custer was just trying to do what any cavalry commander would do in that situation to save as many men and horses as possible. Usually cavalry can get away with this, but because the Native forces were also mostly mounted, it didn't end well for the 7th Cavalry.
@@thecannonball34 They had it coming to them.
Wow really 😕
So the 7th we're running away innocently for thier lives but were slaughtered in cold blood by the indians? Time to carve Custer's mustache below Mount Rushmore.
@@trailblazer2789 Nobody is innocent in war. Especially not European Americans between 1779 and 1900.
bunch of Walmart employees took the day off to play cowboys and Indians
😂😂😂wtfever man😂😂😂
Make him listen to his scouts!!!!!!!!!!!
Why would you have a real gun at a reenactment?
It was a blank. Just black powder without a real bullet I think. Those things still are very dangerous at close range as he found out.
Every gun that fires is a real gun at reenactments. They're just loaded with blanks
Don't go down there general!
I always think of the film 'little big man' when I see Injuns. Dustin Hoffman film.
if you call us injuns you may as well call us redskins
Wow. That's a nice slur....
Tous ces indiens massacrés...😢😢😢
good fun thanks
you guys are nuts
Give me 4.......LOL
Well fed
When I was there to view the event, one of Custer's civilian scouts had his cinch break on him and they had to carry him out on a stretcher, oh yeah and Pocahontas came out on a crutch with a broken foot when they were telling the history of the West. It was still a good time watching the event.
"I believe you".That's why I might go back to watching the Bill Cosby Comedy ShowTH-cam online.
notice most of the reenactors of today wouldn't sniff a battlefield in any era
Have you gone to war, tough guy?
@@the406seadonkey6
sure did shrimp cock. 2nd infantry division
Odd.
I did 3 deployments with 2/75.
We were probably both on Lewis.
I however don’t have any animosity for reenactors in fact I respect them for keeping history alive in memory and acknowledging the dead.
Now airsoft roleplayers, I can wield the pitchfork and torch right along side you.
Actually I know many who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan one who was a sniper in Panama. Anymore bullshit prejudices you'd like to impart?
Sergent Garcia
Good work. I liked the perspective, the camera angel from the horse. I wouldn't want to be the guy with the flag. Thank you. John
Keep it up. Teach the young around you. Their teachers will not.
Teach them to shoot off their fingers and get their leg amputated????
No place to hide must have been terrifying for both sides
General George A. Custer 7th U.S Cavalry
Not worth getting hurt over. Sorry buddy
I see the 7th is still doing dumb stuff
I thought it was a bigger battle.
Pointless
lol so lame
LMAO....... :)
Pretty cool
what regiment is he in
7th cavalry company A
I wonder what type of horse that was a 2:51?
madeline homan A BROWN ONE?
+jehovahuponyou You mean a bay horse. See, there's always someone with a smarter comment.
+BeaverTerror NO, IT WAS A BROWN ONE.
jehovahuponyou
A brown horse is called a bay horse. The word brown is not used to describe horses, except infrequently as a sub-type of bay.
Hey, I was only wanting to know what type, meaning breed it is no need to have a argument over my question i was asking about!
Keeping History Alive
Great job Mark! This was good and so helpful as I am doing a project on Crazy Horse!
This sounds incredibly dangerous to participate in.
A Classic Case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder!!! Goes on even when he got his Finger Shot Off!
dressing up like soldiers for this is like dressing up like nazis
Just because they are reenacting history does not mean they agree with what they did back then
@@BigmanC123 them low down blue scumbellies
@@BigmanC123 okay no mind to the stupid ass snowflake he don't know what true history is
Lmao don't be such a pussy.
@@ChrisPBacon-1313 lincoln was a creepy nutcase that killed and wounded millions
Why in God's name would there be live ammo involved. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.
RickTorn it was probably just the powder that blew his fingers off
It's not real ammo you. Dumb. Dumb .Dumb fuck boy it's just the powder -____-
blank ammo can still hurt people