Nahhh...they had repeating rifles....we didn't..for every 3 shots the Indians could shoot 10 rounds .. also thousands of Indians against a few hundred men...yeah..the Indians were brave alright...😂
@ The Custer group had Spencers and they were repeating 50 caliber and this is documented, not a guess. As far as brave , they all did what they thought was right with Custer’s arrogance under estimating his position,Whig obviously was a bad move. Your opinion is stupid and has no merit ,which is no surprise for some reason. Like you ,Custer probably failed Math !
@@dew02300 You're right. I understand we committed genocide on the Indians. Columbus thought he landed in India so he call them Indians. Absolutely ridiculous that PC can mess up a wet dream.
Custer’s plan was to have Reno move towards the first part of the Village. This would start all the women and children running towards the other side of the village. Custer rode along the ridge watching the women and children running through the village. Custer was hoping to capture the women and children, that were fleeing. If he was able to capture the women and children, the rest of the Indians would not attack. The Indians knew, that Custer would try to cross the river at a ford in the middle of their encampment. The Indians were waiting at the ford. The Indians were able to repel Custer’s Attack. Custer’s troops retreated, and fanned out in a defensive fashion. The tall grass allowed Indians to crawl close to the dismounted soldiers. Reno, and Benteen heard the firing coming from where Custer was, and they realized, that Custer’s men didn’t have the weapons to create such a volume and rate of fire. Captain Weir rode with his men towards where Custer and his men were located, and they retreated upon observing a large force of Indians heading towards them. Custer was constantly thinking, that the Indians were trying to escape, and he left two artillery pieces and two Gatling guns at the fort, because the weapons would slow him down. Custer hoped for a quick victory, and to run for President or Vice President of the United States after the victory.
Excellent comment. He did the same at Washita, 1868 and probably saved his command by taking control of women and children. Custer left the battlefield abandoning around 10 soldiers who chased the Indians about a mile away who were all mutilated/killed. Some of the 7th disliked Custer in part because of not trying to find these men.
When numbers are against you and they have repeaters and all different weapons and plus they used land opens and grass and your group has a SMALL group with single shot rifles .. You Will not win. 4000 -5000 indians vs under 300. Lots of them not in great health needs of water etc...
Custer ignored the warnings of his scouts about a massive village which it would not be wise to attack . He had pushed his men and horses very hard and both were undoubtedly exhausted due to the forced march. Very poor leadership of the 7th Cavalry . I suspect Benteen decide to help Reno because he had seen the condition of Reno and his men , and figured out that Custer was in an even worse situation ! He decided to stay with Reno in a fixed defence position , rather than risk trying to get through Sioux lines to reach Custer . It was a very badly led attack by the 7th , although Benteen and Reno did finally put up a spirited defence - and survived .
Yes very good points, with respect, though somewhat simplified, its more complex and there is a lot of moving parts to consider but yes info very good.
Major Reno outranked Captain Benteen, and his command was in a bad way. Neither one knew exactly where Custer was at that point. The note courier Martini brought to Benteen specifically said to bring packs, and the mule train with Company B was several miles behind Benteen's command. The mule train didn't reach Reno Hill until around 5 pm, by which time it was too late for Custer. On the initiative of Captain Weir, they did try to reach Custer, but by then a large contingent of warriors was coming for them. They also had left some troops with the wounded back at the defense site, and the mule train. They couldn't have gotten through to him.
Thank you very much for posting this and your other videos. Though having a life long interest in Custer's Last Stand, I hadnt heard a lot of what you've presented. Also, I only found out last year that I had a distant relative die at the battle. Thank you again.
@@tombodensick4437 Yep. He was weakened by the dance he did a day or two before battle where he saw "soldiers falling from the sky in his vision.Interestingly, Sitting Bull was a big time warrior in his earlier days.
What chilling details that have never been released? ABSOLUTELY NONE. Stop this clickbait bullshit already. You dont have anything to say that hasn't already been said.
I saw a short video like this about Custer at the Little Big Horn, it was by one of the Indian fighters who said that when they came in to attack the American troopers that the Troopers rifles had near all jamed so the indians attacked using arrows, lances, knives and clubs, the Indians only lost 31 or 32 warriors, whereas Custer lost all 268 troopers, scouts and officers, Captain Reno lost 40 of his 400 men who defended themselves on a hiltop,
The jambs were mostly because they were using Civil War era cap-and-ball rifle rebuilt to become what were known as Trap-door Springfields from the conversion to use metallic cartridges. The tolerances were not finely honed, and often the cartridges swell upon firing and couldn't be readily extracted from the chamber to load another round, thus rendering the gun useless. The 1860 and 1873 Winchester lever-action rifles had been invented, but they were magazine rifles and Congress didn't want to buy them as it would encourage the soldiers to waste ammunition. The Army also had Gatling guns even in the Civil War (a form is still used on jet fighters today) but that would waste A LOT of ammunition. With the proper guns--and leadership--the massacre wouldn't have happened. The Army's tactics were to dismount from the horses (while one trooper would hold four or five) and fight on foot--it made for better shooting accuracy, but pulled one out of four troopers out of action, and left the others unable to move fast. It was NOT like you see in the movies!
@@JedTaubthe 1873 Springfield carbines used were NOT rebuilt Civil War weapons. They were designed and manufactured after the war. Also. The weapons were not what caused the jamming. The cartridges were brass with a copper rim, which would be ripped off by the carbines extractor if the weapon became overheated.. This left the body of the cartridge in the breech, which would have to be pried out with a knife.
@@l.robert2389 Thank you for the correction. I must have confused something I read, or used an unreliable source. I know that trapdoor Springfields were in use early on, and have seen some, and knew that ripping head off of cartridges was a big, big problem. I wonder why they used copper? It is consistent with a perpetual problem with military leaders who valued economy over lives, and failed to thoroughly test their proposed equipment. Why didn't the US Army switch to repeaters? It would encourage soldiers to waste ammunition! This is mostly--but not entirely--remedied today. I have read that the M16 was tested before adoption with a different barrel structure, but a cheaper solution was used in production. My law enforcement agency switched to a new stainless steel revolver that had the same specs as the previous blued revolver, without considering that stainless steel has a different coefficient of expansion when hot or that training ammo is much dirtier than issued ammo, and needs looser tolerance in some parts (cylinder, ejector, and forcing cone) and jammed relatively more easily. We had no ability to test them for ourselves, but the company recalled all of ours and reissued with better engineered guns.
And you know boys couldn't shoot with a damn back then anyway at least not the Army boys they didn't have the M16 that I had when I served which is a very accurate rifle Plus today's Army has an advantage because they do actually trained soldiers to shoot correctly and the weapons today are super special but you know there were Marksman in the Civil War and also Marksman in the Revolutionary War with far less Superior weapons shooting 58 caliber ball type ammunition that would carry up to 1500 yd
@@JedTaub The M16 issues were related to ammunition as well....ball powder for the tests which was wonderful and extruded powder in the service ammo which was not as clean burning
As a history buff, I believe Custer had no tactical experience. Due to Custer's lack of his tactical policy, he was the cause of his soldiers and his death. Imo the Indians certainly won that battle.
Little-known facts: The dead soldiers were not buried until nearly a year later, their bodies suffering the predation of birds, wolves, and mice until they were mostly unidentifiable. Custer was buried but excavations in the late 1980's and scientific testing identified parts of three people in his grave; one might have been his brother Thomas, who had earned 2 Medals of Honor. The Army had not been able to organize a burial brigade for that long.
Actually, all bodies were buried, if not very well. Unattended burials would be subject to desecration by animals or whom ever. Don't you find it odd that Custer's body, a national hero, wasn't brought back immediately? It was only brought back after a second visit to the gravesite. They said they think they got it right.
One should have been his brother, considering they were buried together in the same grave. Unfortunately, not very deep though, as the local wildlife managed to unearth and spread the remains around
@@l.robert2389 They were almost certainly left unburied for over 24hours, as there was no force great enough present to take control of the natives' area. It would take a vulture less than an hour to get there.
@@31terikennedy Actually, no. Most accounts cite a matter of time and military expediency. First, they were deep in Indian territory with several thousand hostiles still in the area that may or not come back once their families were safe. Two, there were several dozen wounded men that needed medical attention. Third, military "tradition" at that time was the dead were buried on or near the field of battle, or not at all if they were the enemy. Actually, the public outcry over the conditions on the battlefield after the 1877 visit was the beginnings of our present day culture of "no man left behind" and bringing our fallen home to rest. Fourth, they were not bones. They were bodies that had been laying in the elements for days in 90 degree heat. Not a pleasant sight or smell, and the mutilated conditions were not something that their loved ones would have wanted to see. It would also taken weeks to return them to Fort Abraham Lincoln, and they were in the middle of an active campaign.
I'm 76 years old and, for the first 65 years or so, I was taught (and believed) there were no survivors among the soldiers at CLS. Now however, it seems like every month or so a new name/face pops up who survived and retells the story of the battle. Where'd all these guys come from?? I guess it's just another miracle of the internet...lol
Those storytellers are/were a bunch of wannabees to impress the other drunks at the bar and probably the ladies. One may have escaped down thru the gulch. Maybe the aliens came in and saved some of them ..there were somewhere between 1500-3000 warriors roaming around preventing individual soldiers from escaping.
Gustave Korn, Company C blacksmith, was a true survivor...his horse bolted under fire and carried him through the Indian village up to Reno Hill - why isn't more made of this remarkable escape?
@NattyBumppo48 . That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw the heading. "FFS ! not another "new" discovery of witness reports of what "really" happened at the LBH It's usually the same regurgitated story we've already heard a hundred times already.
Can you not go to a library or research old news papers? Yes, there are hundreds of these reports, only around 40% of the Seventh died that day. You’re old enough to have had a decent education. Come on.
Reno didn't have a "tent" or a "keg" of whiskey to drink from as they dug in at the battle. His position was desperately formed after an unorganized retreat across the river. Such a narrative is unrealistic.
Reno had at most a flask. The only survivors who accused him of drunkenness were those who had a beef with him over other matters. Many soldiers in those lonely outposts indulged a bit too much. They had left Fort Abraham Lincoln over a month before, with no wagons, only pack mules. There was very limited space for unnecessary provisions, and definitely no kegs.
Custer's horse's name was Vic, not Dandy. Commanche, the only soldier to survive the battle, was the horse belonging to Captain Miles W. Keough, who was killed in battle.
@@JulianaAdams-r3t but Dandy was there as well in the Reno-Benteen defense area where Burkmann was as told in the clip. Burkmann was talking about Dandy suffering from the lack of water during day two of the defense on Reno Hill.
@@CaptainAmerica-nl4tq Custer didn't commit suicide. He had two bullet wounds, one on the left side of his chest and one in the left temple. Either would have been quickly fatal. The wound to his temple was likely post-mortem because there was very little blood. There were no powder burns, he was right-handed, and the wound was in the left temple, so no, he didn't shoot himself. A number of casings were found around him that were the caliber for his personal weapon and no others. He died where he was found, and he died fighting.
Brother, you keep copying Root History channel back to back. It’s wrong dude, get busy by doing research and stop copying and pasting peoples hard work.
Just subscribed. I listen to history tales in one earbud at work like some people listen to music which I to love music. Anyway I just wanted to say I enjoyed it and you do a very good job telling the story.
Custer tried the same trick he pulled at Washita; have a force attack the village proper, this causes the First Nation non combatants to leave the village on the opposite side, where his second force would be waiting to hold the non combatants as hostages against the warriors. Worked at Washita, did not work at Little big horn. Custer could not find a good crossing point to get at the non combatants to hold them as hostages. By the time he reached a good crossing point his force was already in a running fight with a couple thousand warriors. He sent messengers back ordering Reno to bring ammunition. Yet Reno had barely been able to pull back from the woods fight and p the hill for a little better defensive position. If ammunition could/would have reached Custer's group, most likely a small majority of his group would have survived. Difference between Zulu and Rorke's drift. One battle units are running out of ammunition, and get wiped out, other although massively outnumbered using rear echelon soldiers and wounded - the red coats keep a steady application of firepower and have few losses.
In war the victors write the history, this story enforces something I’ve long believed and that is a lot more Indians were killed than reported. I read an account from an indian who participated in the battle, he said they cut twigs to number the dead. The number was 480 …. That includes soldiers and Indians .
Um no, Cheyennes lost 6 and they were in the thickest part of the fight and maybe 800 total cheyenne were even there mostly women and children. Native numbers were exaggerated
Warriors only knew of the men from their particular band who were killed. The Indians operated under much looser structure than did the whites. No Indian, chief or leader, can tell another Indian what to do. Leaders are followed because of their bravery or actions. They suggest an action or just say "follow me". There are no orders or plans.
@@carlosdanger947 think about it back then it would have been a whole lot easier to not have reported something because of the masses you know I want to say they were about 6,000 and I'm not completely sure if I'm correct or even close but it was a lot of Indians versus the army guys so even if they lost 200 they had so many warriors that they were almost not even missed the ones that paid the ultimate price
Had Reno followed the trail across the divide a week earlier when he did his scout with 6 companies of the 7th, he could have taken the village with the women and children as most of the braves were away fighting Crook at the Battle of the Rosebud.
Custer held the rank of Major General of U.S. Volunteers during the Civil War. Reno held the rank of Brevet Colonel. It was customary to refer to an officer by the highest rank they ever held.
Custer was not a general at the time he had taken a demotion to take the command he was a Lieutenant Cornel. Reno abandoned Custer and the majority of the regiment watched as Custer’s command was wiped out. If it was not George Custer this would not have even received coverage the amount of men killed was similar to one volley at Gettysburg. The end was there was such outrage General Terry received massive reinforcements and the Indians were hunted down and forced to March to reservations where large numbers died.
Custer was never demoted he just went back to his original rank after the Civil War same as Reno did. Just so you know, it was Custer who abandoned Reno. Custer was supposed to come up behind Reno but he instead let Reno ride head long into 1500 braves in an open field with only 160 men. Read more.
In the 1950's there was a Disney movie, Tonka, about the horse that survived the Little Bighorn. We always thought Disney movies were accurate history. The later nature film showing lemmings jumping off a cliff was staged by a contract crew!!! (It doesn't happen!)
For most of my life I always despised Custer his Civil War heroics against a depleted Confederate army He was a glory addicted solider but still a solider who made rash decisions on the fly. I always considered him at fault at the Rosebud (Little Big Horn) but going there I changed my opinion right or wrong as it maybe but I left there thinking Custer was a hero yes a hero. I think he saw the only way to help his embattled command was to attack immediately sacrificing himself to save the majority of his command. I give him the benefit of doubt.
If you are going to make the effort...and I assume that it took some effort to create this video, you might as well include visual material that has some degree of authenticity. It takes no more time to insert accurate material than it does inaccurate. Your depiction of soldiers looks more like a large, undisciplined band of scruffy mountain men or ranch hands than a disciplined and uniformed troop of US cavalry. One pic does resemble a cavalry unit but not of the US Army. Maybe Confederate...with gray uniforms and white beards!? While some of the terrain portrayed could be at or near the actual battle site, other scenes are of some picturesque mountainous regions with trees not indigenous to the actual site. There is much art and photos available that are accurate. The narrative is excellent. Inaccurate art distracts from it and adds a cheesy touch.
@@kevinhoneycutt238100 percent agree...the Indians also had repeating rifles... thousands of Indians against a few hundred men...yeah the Indians were brave alright 😂 if it were the other way around they would call the Indians heros and Custer and his thousands of men cowards...
Custer and his men were armed with the 44.45 caliber government issue single shot rifles. They were noted for having the casing jam and not eject so that soldiers had to pry the spend rounds out with their pocket knives.
The indians were not aware that the soldiers were there. The indians that discovered the lost packs were leaving the area and never reported the information to the village.
Great narrative, thanks. Was Reno not a Major then, as he is referred to here as being of a higher rank? I don't think he was a Brevet Colonel then either, unless I am mistaken.
By 1876 the buffalo were nearly gone and by the mid 1880 they were. The Southern Herd near Dodge City, KS was gone by 1872. With the demise of the buffalo there was no old Indian way of life available. It was over. I'm not sure they knew it in 1876, but it was. When the Indians left their reservations it panicked the white settlers because they and folks they knew had experienced the attacks by Indians for decades. They demanded that they be protected by the Army....thus Custer and Terry and Gibbon.
Not totally true. Due to a persistent drought during the 1870’s they had to move into Crow county for hunting. That’s another reason Custers scouts were Crow.
Indians roamed the Plains and had for hundreds of years. They "owned" nothing. The Indian way of life was predicated upon the open and free hunting of buffalo. Different tribes had different customs. Some did some agriculture. Nothing was more important to an Indian than showing and proving his bravery in battle. By definition they were a warlike people. Success in war/combat was their crowning glory.
Reno and Benteen have been demonized because they survived. Lousy tactics and ignoring their scouts coupled with Custer’s ambition/underestimating of the Sioux, Cheyenne forces was a recipe for disaster.
The fact that Custer was a Lt. Colonel not a General when met his demise at Little Big Horn, somehow they always get the fact he was not a General incorrect. 😮😮😮
@@johnk3119 okay. We need to put this lack of understanding to rest. Custer was a major general of VOLUNTERRS during the Civil War. After the war ended, he reverted back to his REGULAR rank of captain. When the 7th Cavalry was formed, we was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, which he held at Little Bighorn. However, military protocol dictates that an officer is entitled to be addressed by the highest tank they achieved as an honorary. The same goes for Reno, Benteen, and Keogh, all of whom achieved the rank of colonel during the Civil War
It's funny when people FIRST encounter historical facts that are quite well known, they seem to think, "no one has ever seen this before" and that's the problem with this video. Well known facts dressed up as "facts never heard before!" They've hidden it from you!
I wonder what General Terry thought when he reached the battlefield and saw how troops were outgunned by attackers with repeating rifles. After all, it was General Terry himself who headed up the military ordnance board that chose the Springfield single shot rifle as the standard issue for US troops.
@@nuancolar7304 This outgunning was not known until the 1980's after the battlefield archeological evidence was found and evaluated by DR'S. Scott and Fox.
Well it would not have made a difference no matter what the army use this weapons the Native American warrior was more skilled and more cunning and also more radical they were the Ultimate Warrior back then they had no fear
And he by the headed up the board but like you said it was a board so there was a bunch of Knucklehead officers not using their heads an ironically there were a lot of white civilians that were selling rifles the repeaters to the Indians for profit so the white man really was not at an advantage like he thought he was only after Geronimo is when the Native Americans were finally turned into slaves
Major Reno held the brevet rank of Colonel during the Civil War. It was customary to refer to an officer by the highest rank he had ever held. This is why Custer is referred to as General.
@@michaelzann6485 but he had many signs along his March to tell him that this was erroneous, as well as all his scouts telling him that this was so. He just chose to disregard or ignore these warnings and charge in blindly without proper reconnaissance.
@@douglashento996Actually, His Arikara scouts stayed, fighting with Reno in the valley fight. The Crow scouts with Custer were released by him near Medicine Tail Coulee and then left. They didn't leave on their own. Only Mitch Bouyer stayed with Custer, only to perish with his command.
You need to study a little more. Sheridan and Sherman didn't set him up. And glory seeking had nothing to do with the loss. That makes for great fantasy stories but little fact.
You are correct, sir.They set Custer up to fail. Custer was neither a villain or a hero, somewhere in between. But ya gotta love his flamboyance. He wanted to run for President. ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS WAIT 24-48 hrs till Terry arrived and with 1200 or so additional soldiers they would have probably taken the day ..but hindsight is easy.
There is no evidence that Custer wanted to run for President. That is a myth that was started in the 1950s by author Marie Sandoz - with no backing citation. As for waiting 24-48 hours for Terry, that wasn't an option. The entire campaign was based, rightly or wrongly, on the idea of not letting the Indians escape. And, had he waited, it's likely they would have done just that. With the large horse herd the grass in the area played out quickly. And, the village could simply not stay together in one area for a long period of time due to sanitation reasons. Just as it did after the battle, the village would have broken up and scattered in different directions.
@@lowellsmith1477 Very good, Lowell! Custer never had presidental goals in mind. He was a soldier and not a politician and he knew it. Nor was he ever concerned about glory. He was concerned about the on coming fight and to some degree his orders to subdue the Indians.
I am a historian. You ruin your whole video by using images that have absolutely nothing to do with the actual uniforms, weapons, or headgear Custer’s troops used. I am guessing AI, and not very good AI at that. Look for correct, historical images and cite them in your description or in captions.
Custers last words were I can’t under stand these guys they were singing and dancing last night 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Army chow at the time was hard tack (called hard bread) bacon and coffee. The Army had marched on such food for a very long time and it sufficied. They saught other sources of food from hunting and fishing, but when on the march the traditional ration was eaten. Drink was an issue, but I doubt that the enlisted got much....officers - maybe some. I have not read that dysentery was a problem, but it certainly was during the CW. It came from poor sanitation; not washing dishes, etc... As for "Poor education"? Who cares if a trooper cannot read?
The Indians outnumbered Custers troop 5-1. Not all of Custers column were deployed. Why are we always willing to disparage our fellow soldiers? It doesn’t matter in the long haul. Only one of Indian victories against regular cavalry. I think that the Indian tribes were savage and brutal, they tortured and mutilated their victims before slowly killing them. Indians would force defeated enemies to act as slaves, until no longer necessary. Indians fouled the land where they camped and moved on when it became unlivable. They would hunt an area bare and then move on to another area. Indians are romanticized by liberals who believe that they were mistreated or land was seized from them. What happened is the Indians made the same mistake that many of us tend to do, and that is to trust our politicians. All the massacre did was bring down the thunder from the sky. The beginning of the end for the Indian. 🇺🇸🦅⚔️
Custer was a arrogant ass, he made so many bad military decisions it wasn't funny, the first was deciding to disobey General Miles orders, he was only supposed to scout and wait for the main force to arrive
General Miles' orders? Nelson Miles was not on the campaign. If you are referring to General Alfred Terry you would be more correct. However, General Terry's orders or instructions gave Custer a lot of discretion. And, speaking of General Miles, he agreed with Custer's actions at Little Bighorn.
You need to read the actual order. And, it was from General Alfred Terry and not Nelson Miles. Miles actually agreed with Custer's actions at Little Bighorn.
@@paulipock6981 yeah those cats that made it out they wasn't in the arena where Custer was located and if they would have been well it still would have not turned out for good for the Army
@@MrReymoclif714 Actually, these 2 weapons were quite comparable in several categories. The Springfield 1873 Carbine fired a .45 cal 400-410 grain bullet at 1350 ft per second out to a range of 500-600 yards max and 200-300 effectively. The Winchester 1873 fired a .44-40 180 grain bullet at 1200 ft per second out to a range of 300 yards max and 100-150 effectively. Thus, the Springfield could outrange the Winchester with a heavier bullet. The Springfield was single shot. But could 5 to 10 aimed shots a minute. The Winchester had a 12 round magazine and could be fired as fast as you could operate the lever action and pull the trigger. However, then you had to laboriously reload 12 rounds into the weapon one bullet at a time. Thus, sustained rate of fire was quite similar. The deciding factor was the limited amount of ammunition carried by the cavalry and the overwhelming numbers of Indian warriors attacking, something approaching 8-10 to 1 odds depending on whose
Numbers of Indian warriors you believe. The terrain also affected the action, as the warriors used this to shorten the range to make their weapons more effective.
This was not tragic, this was due because custer was a killer of infants, children, women, and elders. Only the day custer ran into warriors in the thousands waiting to protect their way of life and end custer life.
Custers last words were I can’t under stand these guys they were singing and banding last night 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Also what was crazy is his pride George Armstrong Custer his pride his head was so swollen it was bigger than LeBron James he had the Donald Trump ego that's what got his butt killed the way he got killed the Bible says pride comes before a fall😂
Custer was the first man to wear an Arrow Shirt. Seriously though, Custer had it coming. He was a monster and didn't suffer enough for all the atrocities committed by him and his men.
What atrocities did Custer or his men commit. More bullshit. I guess you can say the Indians had it coming at the Washita and Wounded Knee. You aren’t very bright and can tell you get your history knowledge from watching bullshit tv shows
Where do you get your info, comic books. Such a cliche-"he had it coming" but you're correct Custer did things, atrocities, such as on the Washita. "Arrow shirt"-good one. Had to think a minute to get it.
Read the book "INDIAN VIEWS OF THE CUSTER FIGHT" by Richard G. Hardorff. It tells the reason for the fight and that MANY SOLDIERS were drunk. It is interviews of indians that fought and WHY they fought.
False. Custer was not "ordered" to take the Gatling guns, although they were offered his use. The Gatling guns in question had been assigned & belonged to the Infantry regiment. Custer wanted to travel as fast as the Cavalry could (or was possible), with only Capt. Benteen's supporting pack-train trailing the rear. Even the Cavalry Sabers ("long knives"), were left behind @ Ft. Lincoln to save weight on the troopers & horses.
@@31terikennedy My facts are fine. You have a very distorted opinion on what the real history of the U.S. Army in the old American West was like. Here is a reference from the National Park Service that provides dozens of citations about the military warfare against the First Nations. www.nps.gov/parkhistory/resedu/military_indian.pdf The official policy of the U.S. Government was the extermination (both culturally and physically) of the original inhabitants of North America since at least Thomas Jefferson’s presidency.
@@maxrobespierre9176 Indian society was based on the warrior cult which thrives on conflict. Some tribes got along and some didn't. Custer was at the LBH at the request of the Crow to drive the invading Sioux from Crow land. You have no facts.
@@31terikennedy You have not provided any facts. Assertions do not make facts. I find it funny when chatting with a bot as to how little effort it will put into a discussion. As far as intertribal war, I think you should find it no different from what was happening between the countries of the various European invaders. Damn! If only the Indians had stricter immigration laws. 🤣
Soldiers don't sign treaties or break them, and definitely are not responsible for Army policy. They receive their orders and do their best to carry them out or die trying. A large number of them were recent immigrants or poor working men who joined up for a meager paycheck. Jobs were very hard to find at the time because the country was recovering from the Civil War and the financial crash, the Panic of '73. The push to subjugate the tribes came from wealthy and powerful men back East, who saw the opening of the West as a way to make money without ever setting foot on the frontier and risking their own necks. Because of their greed, the breaking of treaties, and total disregard for human life over money, countless Natives, soldiers, and settlers died. Blame them, not Custer and his troopers; they would never have been there if the government hadn't sent them.
@@michealhand1001 you know the sad thing is not only did the white man take what he wanted back then but also the sad thing is the moral truth is they had no respect for another human being of another Creed, color, and or Nation and then had the nerve to think that the white man's way of life was the only way of life
Reno was a Major, Benteen was only a Captain. Custer was not a general at this time period. He was a brevet general during the civil war. He was a contriversial character during most of his military career. Then he got his men killed at LBH.
I don't necessarily like Custer, but he was a Civil War hero at Gettysburg and elsewhere. HE LED HIS MEN INTO BATTLE FROM THE FRONT. Geez-The man had several horses shot beneath him. But you're correct in that Custer slaughtered entire villages, most famously on the Washita.
In light of what happened in the aftermath of the "victory",it was a pyhric victory that speeded up the loss of their way of life and being forced onto the reservations,they probably would have retained their way of life longer had there been no Little Big Horn,but this caused the US government to send more than enough troops out west to force the Indians onto the reservations once and for all.
Dark and tragic through the eyes of the Oppressor! I have visited the site a few times, I don’t see the tragedy but what the collective will accomplish when they’ve had enough.
Indians also oppressed each other , why do you think that crow Indians scouted for the U.S army? A big reason was the atrocities their people experienced from the Cheyanne and Sioux .
If you call losing their land and way of life a lot sooner than they would have,an accomplishment then it wasn't a tragedy, but I think it was a tragedy for the Indians more so than for the soldiers, because it caused them to lose their land and way of life sooner than they would have,bc after LBH,decided to send an overwhelming number of troops out west to hunt down all of the Indian tribes and put them on the reservations once and for all.
Never, ever, underestimate your enemy!
Absolutely .. been the fall of many.
Or learn how to count…
Nahhh...they had repeating rifles....we didn't..for every 3 shots the Indians could shoot 10 rounds .. also thousands of Indians against a few hundred men...yeah..the Indians were brave alright...😂
@ The Custer group had Spencers and they were repeating 50 caliber and this is documented, not a guess. As far as brave , they all did what they thought was right with Custer’s arrogance under estimating his position,Whig obviously was a bad move. Your opinion is stupid and has no merit ,which is no surprise for some reason. Like you ,Custer probably failed Math !
@@ericparnell4628 Only about a quarter to a third of the native Americans had repeating rifles
Custer would of won if those 3 National Guardsmen were in their Twilight Zone tank.
I love it man. Great comment.. I'm 71 and actually remember that episode.
Would _have_ won. What does 'would of won' mean?
@wacobob56dad.
Or if he had Elon's new 4000 mile an hour spaceship.
Aren't you all amusing....Custer got what he had coming , and that is amusing here in Montana.
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@JeanneShipstead-mp4xx I'll bet you're fun at parties
The Native Americans were better armed, better led and better motivated.
How did that work out in the end?
There are no excuses in war, you prepare or you lose, but experience, tactics, discipline the weather can all have an affect
And better in Numbers used to the terrain used to the heat mostly more in numbers
@@dew02300 You're right. I understand we committed genocide on the Indians. Columbus thought he landed in India so he call them Indians. Absolutely ridiculous that PC can mess up a wet dream.
Custer's men and horses were exhausted by having done a night march the evening before.
Custer’s plan was to have Reno move towards the first part of the Village. This would start all the women and children running towards the other side of the village. Custer rode along the ridge watching the women and children running through the village. Custer was hoping to capture the women and children, that were fleeing. If he was able to capture the women and children, the rest of the Indians would not attack. The Indians knew, that Custer would try to cross the river at a ford in the middle of their encampment. The Indians were waiting at the ford. The Indians were able to repel Custer’s Attack. Custer’s troops retreated, and fanned out in a defensive fashion. The tall grass allowed Indians to crawl close to the dismounted soldiers. Reno, and Benteen heard the firing coming from where Custer was, and they realized, that Custer’s men didn’t have the weapons to create such a volume and rate of fire. Captain Weir rode with his men towards where Custer and his men were located, and they retreated upon observing a large force of Indians heading towards them. Custer was constantly thinking, that the Indians were trying to escape, and he left two artillery pieces and two Gatling guns at the fort, because the weapons would slow him down. Custer hoped for a quick victory, and to run for President or Vice President of the United States after the victory.
Excellent comment. He did the same at Washita, 1868 and probably saved his command by taking control of women and children. Custer left the battlefield abandoning around 10 soldiers who chased the Indians about a mile away who were all mutilated/killed. Some of the 7th disliked Custer in part because of not trying to find these men.
A very ambitious hubris man who met his match
And you know this to be true how? Merely from study? Or did you know the man and understand all his decisions? Hubris obviously still exists.
Truth is more interesting than fiction.
When numbers are against you and they have repeaters and all different weapons and plus they used land opens and grass and your group has a SMALL group with single shot rifles ..
You Will not win. 4000 -5000 indians vs under 300. Lots of them not in great health needs of water etc...
Custer ignored the warnings of his scouts about a massive village which it would not be wise to attack . He had pushed his men and horses very hard and both were undoubtedly exhausted due to the forced march. Very poor leadership of the 7th Cavalry . I suspect Benteen decide to help Reno because he had seen the condition of Reno and his men , and figured out that Custer was in an even worse situation ! He decided to stay with Reno in a fixed defence position , rather than risk trying to get through Sioux lines to reach Custer . It was a very badly led attack by the 7th , although Benteen and Reno did finally put up a spirited defence - and survived .
Yes very good points, with respect, though somewhat simplified, its more complex and there is a lot of moving parts to consider but yes info very good.
Major Reno outranked Captain Benteen, and his command was in a bad way. Neither one knew exactly where Custer was at that point. The note courier Martini brought to Benteen specifically said to bring packs, and the mule train with Company B was several miles behind Benteen's command. The mule train didn't reach Reno Hill until around 5 pm, by which time it was too late for Custer. On the initiative of Captain Weir, they did try to reach Custer, but by then a large contingent of warriors was coming for them. They also had left some troops with the wounded back at the defense site, and the mule train. They couldn't have gotten through to him.
Thank you very much for posting this and your other videos. Though having a life long interest in Custer's Last Stand, I hadnt heard a lot of what you've presented. Also, I only found out last year that I had a distant relative die at the battle. Thank you again.
Sitting Bull wasn't there. He stayed back in the camp.
What was his name? About +/- 260 of the 7th Calvary perished. Is he buried there? Have u had time to go to battlefield memorials, etc.
@@tombodensick4437 Yep. He was weakened by the dance he did a day or two before battle where he saw "soldiers falling from the sky in his vision.Interestingly, Sitting Bull was a big time warrior in his earlier days.
What chilling details that have never been released? ABSOLUTELY NONE. Stop this clickbait bullshit already. You dont have anything to say that hasn't already been said.
You are.needing more morbidity? I enjoyed the video
all it seems to describe is the Reno/Between position on the hill
Sad everybody lies like the OH GREAT ORANGE MAN.
@paulraulin-c7j
The Orange man and the Deplorables beat your a** and that isn't FAKE News!!
@@paulraulin-c7jTDS much ?? Lol
I saw a short video like this about Custer at the Little Big Horn, it was by one of the Indian fighters who said that when they came in to attack the American troopers that the Troopers rifles had near all jamed so the indians attacked using arrows, lances, knives and clubs, the Indians only lost 31 or 32 warriors, whereas Custer lost all 268 troopers, scouts and officers, Captain Reno lost 40 of his 400 men who defended themselves on a hiltop,
The jambs were mostly because they were using Civil War era cap-and-ball rifle rebuilt to become what were known as Trap-door Springfields from the conversion to use metallic cartridges. The tolerances were not finely honed, and often the cartridges swell upon firing and couldn't be readily extracted from the chamber to load another round, thus rendering the gun useless. The 1860 and 1873 Winchester lever-action rifles had been invented, but they were magazine rifles and Congress didn't want to buy them as it would encourage the soldiers to waste ammunition. The Army also had Gatling guns even in the Civil War (a form is still used on jet fighters today) but that would waste A LOT of ammunition. With the proper guns--and leadership--the massacre wouldn't have happened. The Army's tactics were to dismount from the horses (while one trooper would hold four or five) and fight on foot--it made for better shooting accuracy, but pulled one out of four troopers out of action, and left the others unable to move fast. It was NOT like you see in the movies!
@@JedTaubthe 1873 Springfield carbines used were NOT rebuilt Civil War weapons. They were designed and manufactured after the war. Also. The weapons were not what caused the jamming. The cartridges were brass with a copper rim, which would be ripped off by the carbines extractor if the weapon became overheated.. This left the body of the cartridge in the breech, which would have to be pried out with a knife.
@@l.robert2389 Thank you for the correction. I must have confused something I read, or used an unreliable source. I know that trapdoor Springfields were in use early on, and have seen some, and knew that ripping head off of cartridges was a big, big problem. I wonder why they used copper? It is consistent with a perpetual problem with military leaders who valued economy over lives, and failed to thoroughly test their proposed equipment. Why didn't the US Army switch to repeaters? It would encourage soldiers to waste ammunition! This is mostly--but not entirely--remedied today. I have read that the M16 was tested before adoption with a different barrel structure, but a cheaper solution was used in production. My law enforcement agency switched to a new stainless steel revolver that had the same specs as the previous blued revolver, without considering that stainless steel has a different coefficient of expansion when hot or that training ammo is much dirtier than issued ammo, and needs looser tolerance in some parts (cylinder, ejector, and forcing cone) and jammed relatively more easily. We had no ability to test them for ourselves, but the company recalled all of ours and reissued with better engineered guns.
And you know boys couldn't shoot with a damn back then anyway at least not the Army boys they didn't have the M16 that I had when I served which is a very accurate rifle Plus today's Army has an advantage because they do actually trained soldiers to shoot correctly and the weapons today are super special but you know there were Marksman in the Civil War and also Marksman in the Revolutionary War with far less Superior weapons shooting 58 caliber ball type ammunition that would carry up to 1500 yd
@@JedTaub The M16 issues were related to ammunition as well....ball powder for the tests which was wonderful and extruded powder in the service ammo which was not as clean burning
As a history buff, I believe Custer had no tactical experience. Due to Custer's lack of his tactical policy, he was the cause of his soldiers and his death. Imo the Indians certainly won that battle.
Thank you very much for sharing this. 👍🏻
They were invaded, and fought for their land. Period.
Little-known facts: The dead soldiers were not buried until nearly a year later, their bodies suffering the predation of birds, wolves, and mice until they were mostly unidentifiable. Custer was buried but excavations in the late 1980's and scientific testing identified parts of three people in his grave; one might have been his brother Thomas, who had earned 2 Medals of Honor. The Army had not been able to organize a burial brigade for that long.
Actually, all bodies were buried, if not very well. Unattended burials would be subject to desecration by animals or whom ever. Don't you find it odd that Custer's body, a national hero, wasn't brought back immediately? It was only brought back after a second visit to the gravesite. They said they think they got it right.
One should have been his brother, considering they were buried together in the same grave. Unfortunately, not very deep though, as the local wildlife managed to unearth and spread the remains around
@@l.robert2389 They were almost certainly left unburied for over 24hours, as there was no force great enough present to take control of the natives' area. It would take a vulture less than an hour to get there.
@@l.robert2389 Don't you find it strange that they didn't bring the bones back until the second visit?
@@31terikennedy Actually, no. Most accounts cite a matter of time and military expediency. First, they were deep in Indian territory with several thousand hostiles still in the area that may or not come back once their families were safe.
Two, there were several dozen wounded men that needed medical attention.
Third, military "tradition" at that time was the dead were buried on or near the field of battle, or not at all if they were the enemy. Actually, the public outcry over the conditions on the battlefield after the 1877 visit was the beginnings of our present day culture of "no man left behind" and bringing our fallen home to rest.
Fourth, they were not bones. They were bodies that had been laying in the elements for days in 90 degree heat. Not a pleasant sight or smell, and the mutilated conditions were not something that their loved ones would have wanted to see. It would also taken weeks to return them to Fort Abraham Lincoln, and they were in the middle of an active campaign.
I'm 76 years old and, for the first 65 years or so, I was taught (and believed) there were no survivors among the soldiers at CLS. Now however, it seems like every month or so a new name/face pops up who survived and retells the story of the battle. Where'd all these guys come from?? I guess it's just another miracle of the internet...lol
Those storytellers are/were a bunch of wannabees to impress the other drunks at the bar and probably the ladies. One may have escaped down thru the gulch. Maybe the aliens came in and saved some of them ..there were somewhere between 1500-3000 warriors roaming around preventing individual soldiers from escaping.
Yep.. great and true comments.
Gustave Korn, Company C blacksmith, was a true survivor...his horse bolted under fire and carried him through the Indian village up to Reno Hill - why isn't more made of this remarkable escape?
@NattyBumppo48 .
That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw the heading. "FFS ! not another "new" discovery of witness reports of what "really" happened at the LBH
It's usually the same regurgitated story we've already heard a hundred times already.
Can you not go to a library or research old news papers? Yes, there are hundreds of these reports, only around 40% of the Seventh died that day. You’re old enough to have had a decent education. Come on.
Have you read the book, “Keep (Save?) the Last Bullet for Yourself”? You should. It will tell the story of the Indian participants in the battle.
Bury my heart at wounded knee. Song of crazy horse , just.d Blackfoot. Interesting version of things rather than just the white man's history
Reno didn't have a "tent" or a "keg" of whiskey to drink from as they dug in at the battle.
His position was desperately formed after an unorganized retreat across the river.
Such a narrative is unrealistic.
If there is a hero. There has to be villain. Reno is the chosen villain at greasey grass.
Yes, agreed. He may not have had a keg of whiskey but I believe documented, he was drinking pretty good from a bottle.
Reno had at most a flask. The only survivors who accused him of drunkenness were those who had a beef with him over other matters. Many soldiers in those lonely outposts indulged a bit too much. They had left Fort Abraham Lincoln over a month before, with no wagons, only pack mules. There was very limited space for unnecessary provisions, and definitely no kegs.
Custer's horse's name was Vic, not Dandy. Commanche, the only soldier to survive the battle, was the horse belonging to Captain Miles W. Keough, who was killed in battle.
Custer had several horses. Vic and Dandy were just two of them.
@@l.robert2389 but Vic was the one that was killed at LBH.
@@JulianaAdams-r3t but Dandy was there as well in the Reno-Benteen defense area where Burkmann was as told in the clip. Burkmann was talking about Dandy suffering from the lack of water during day two of the defense on Reno Hill.
Did anybody hear a rumor that Custer Committed suicide ? A special S and W pistol was given out that had a pointed bullet ......
@@CaptainAmerica-nl4tq Custer didn't commit suicide. He had two bullet wounds, one on the left side of his chest and one in the left temple. Either would have been quickly fatal. The wound to his temple was likely post-mortem because there was very little blood. There were no powder burns, he was right-handed, and the wound was in the left temple, so no, he didn't shoot himself. A number of casings were found around him that were the caliber for his personal weapon and no others. He died where he was found, and he died fighting.
Very well told.
Brother, you keep copying Root History channel back to back. It’s wrong dude, get busy by doing research and stop copying and pasting peoples hard work.
Is it not the same dude???? (Or dudette) I figured it had to be.
If it's not, that is complete trash.
BOOM DADDY!BINGO&EVEN Some Stupid Mainah can Smell this BS!Sorry.I'd Quit what Ya doing Son.
You Can't find Your Own&Steal Means NO DEAL!!
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Thanks for the heads-up ..don't like when people do that.
@paulraulin-c7j Sorry,But Like Good Will Hunting."What?You Regurgitate an Obscure Book&Pass it as Your Own?Do You Have Any Thoughts of Your Own?".
Just subscribed. I listen to history tales in one earbud at work like some people listen to music which I to love music. Anyway I just wanted to say I enjoyed it and you do a very good job telling the story.
Custer tried the same trick he pulled at Washita; have a force attack the village proper, this causes the First Nation non combatants to leave the village on the opposite side, where his second force would be waiting to hold the non combatants as hostages against the warriors. Worked at Washita, did not work at Little big horn. Custer could not find a good crossing point to get at the non combatants to hold them as hostages. By the time he reached a good crossing point his force was already in a running fight with a couple thousand warriors. He sent messengers back ordering Reno to bring ammunition. Yet Reno had barely been able to pull back from the woods fight and p the hill for a little better defensive position. If ammunition could/would have reached Custer's group, most likely a small majority of his group would have survived. Difference between Zulu and Rorke's drift. One battle units are running out of ammunition, and get wiped out, other although massively outnumbered using rear echelon soldiers and wounded - the red coats keep a steady application of firepower and have few losses.
An account of Reno taking joy in Custer’s possible death or encirclement dismisses any attempt to defend his actions at this battle.
Good point. Never really thought about that in that manner.
If true,Reno seemed to have forgotten that when Custer died 225 of his soldiers died with him.
In war the victors write the history, this story enforces something I’ve long believed and that is a lot more Indians were killed than reported. I read an account from an indian who participated in the battle, he said they cut twigs to number the dead. The number was 480 …. That includes soldiers and Indians .
Um no, Cheyennes lost 6 and they were in the thickest part of the fight and maybe 800 total cheyenne were even there mostly women and children. Native numbers were exaggerated
Warriors only knew of the men from their particular band who were killed. The Indians operated under much looser structure than did the whites. No Indian, chief or leader, can tell another Indian what to do. Leaders are followed because of their bravery or actions. They suggest an action or just say "follow me". There are no orders or plans.
Wrong 35 natives were killed
@@carlosdanger947 think about it back then it would have been a whole lot easier to not have reported something because of the masses you know I want to say they were about 6,000 and I'm not completely sure if I'm correct or even close but it was a lot of Indians versus the army guys so even if they lost 200 they had so many warriors that they were almost not even missed the ones that paid the ultimate price
Interesting numbers. Soldiers around 268 killed leaving about 210 Indians killed which is feasible but I think not that many Indians, but who knows.
Had Reno followed the trail across the divide a week earlier when he did his scout with 6 companies of the 7th, he could have taken the village with the women and children as most of the braves were away fighting Crook at the Battle of the Rosebud.
Yeah, they had no food left, so the point is moot.
Well that was different. Custer was not a general, Reno was not a colonel. Not a lot of credible sources.
Custer held the rank of Major General of U.S. Volunteers during the Civil War. Reno held the rank of Brevet Colonel.
It was customary to refer to an officer by the highest rank they ever held.
@@lowellsmith1477 yes Joeshaster-Factually it was not unusual to refer to officers of their previous highest rank.
This is a duplicate of the root history channel.
I'm still waiting for the "chilling details that defy all logic".
Me too . . . more clickbait 😢
Me too. More crap.
One of the scouts was reported to have said after seeing the gathering”we will return by a road we do not know”
It was a Crow scout "today we will travel home by a road we do not know".
@@EmersonCraig-g5b Was it Bloody knife?
Custer was not a general at the time he had taken a demotion to take the command he was a Lieutenant Cornel. Reno abandoned Custer and the majority of the regiment watched as Custer’s command was wiped out. If it was not George Custer this would not have even received coverage the amount of men killed was similar to one volley at Gettysburg. The end was there was such outrage General Terry received massive reinforcements and the Indians were hunted down and forced to March to reservations where large numbers died.
Custer was never demoted he just went back to his original rank after the Civil War same as Reno did. Just so you know, it was Custer who abandoned Reno. Custer was supposed to come up behind Reno but he instead let Reno ride head long into 1500 braves in an open field with only 160 men. Read more.
thanks for the insights . cool presentation, podcasty
This dialogue is painful to listen to I gave up long before the end
Little Big Man knows the true story////
Good movie I liked the tub scene
Google the Indian Little Big Man. He did exist.
In the 1950's there was a Disney movie, Tonka, about the horse that survived the Little Bighorn. We always thought Disney movies were accurate history. The later nature film showing lemmings jumping off a cliff was staged by a contract crew!!! (It doesn't happen!)
For most of my life I always despised Custer his Civil War heroics against a depleted Confederate army He was a glory addicted solider but still a solider who made rash decisions on the fly. I always considered him at fault at the Rosebud (Little Big Horn) but going there I changed my opinion right or wrong as it maybe but I left there thinking Custer was a hero yes a hero. I think he saw the only way to help his embattled command was to attack immediately sacrificing himself to save the majority of his command. I give him the benefit of doubt.
Great video. Luvd it.
If you are going to make the effort...and I assume that it took some effort to create this video, you might as well include visual material that has some degree of authenticity. It takes no more time to insert accurate material than it does inaccurate. Your depiction of soldiers looks more like a large, undisciplined band of scruffy mountain men or ranch hands than a disciplined and uniformed troop of US cavalry. One pic does resemble a cavalry unit but not of the US Army. Maybe Confederate...with gray uniforms and white beards!? While some of the terrain portrayed could be at or near the actual battle site, other scenes are of some picturesque mountainous regions with trees not indigenous to the actual site. There is much art and photos available that are accurate. The narrative is excellent. Inaccurate art distracts from it and adds a cheesy touch.
Nice video. Where did you find all the pictures?
Bottom line...CUSTER GOT HIS ASS KICKED!
@@tombodensick4437 And how did that work out for the Indians?
@@dew02300 Exactly
@tombodensick4437- He still has more courage, than all of your generations combined
@@kevinhoneycutt238100 percent agree...the Indians also had repeating rifles... thousands of Indians against a few hundred men...yeah the Indians were brave alright 😂 if it were the other way around they would call the Indians heros and Custer and his thousands of men cowards...
He was an osshale
Custer and his men were armed with the 44.45 caliber government issue single shot rifles. They were noted for having the casing jam and not eject so that soldiers had to pry the spend rounds out with their pocket knives.
Would this be the same content creator as War and Truth? Feels the same - great research! Well told.! Cheers
The indians were not aware that the soldiers were there. The indians that discovered the lost packs were leaving the area and never reported the information to the village.
Great narrative, thanks. Was Reno not a Major then, as he is referred to here as being of a higher rank? I don't think he was a Brevet Colonel then either, unless I am mistaken.
he was in the Civil War similar to how Custer was a General.
Thank you for sharing this history. Well how about the American native Fighting for their America and their way of life.
There were many native tribes who wanted to see the Sioux eradicated as they were considered bullies.
By 1876 the buffalo were nearly gone and by the mid 1880 they were. The Southern Herd near Dodge City, KS was gone by 1872. With the demise of the buffalo there was no old Indian way of life available. It was over. I'm not sure they knew it in 1876, but it was. When the Indians left their reservations it panicked the white settlers because they and folks they knew had experienced the attacks by Indians for decades. They demanded that they be protected by the Army....thus Custer and Terry and Gibbon.
The Indians, were furious! They were fighting to keep their integrity and their sacred lands which later the lands were stolen.
Awwww... The poor Indians ..they stole it and murdered other tribes before them and we conquered it from them...get over it
Not totally true. Due to a persistent drought during the 1870’s they had to move into Crow county for hunting. That’s another reason Custers scouts were Crow.
Indians roamed the Plains and had for hundreds of years. They "owned" nothing. The Indian way of life was predicated upon the open and free hunting of buffalo. Different tribes had different customs. Some did some agriculture. Nothing was more important to an Indian than showing and proving his bravery in battle. By definition they were a warlike people. Success in war/combat was their crowning glory.
Reno and Benteen have been demonized because they survived. Lousy tactics and ignoring their scouts coupled with Custer’s ambition/underestimating of the Sioux, Cheyenne forces was a recipe for disaster.
Somewhat correct but much more complex ..over simplified with the right buzz words.
The fact that Custer was a Lt. Colonel not a General when met his demise at Little Big Horn, somehow they always get the fact he was not a General incorrect. 😮😮😮
He was at one time a major general... but lost his rank during a downsizing of the military. He was lt co the day he died.
@@johnk3119 okay. We need to put this lack of understanding to rest. Custer was a major general of VOLUNTERRS during the Civil War. After the war ended, he reverted back to his REGULAR rank of captain. When the 7th Cavalry was formed, we was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, which he held at Little Bighorn. However, military protocol dictates that an officer is entitled to be addressed by the highest tank they achieved as an honorary. The same goes for Reno, Benteen, and Keogh, all of whom achieved the rank of colonel during the Civil War
A "Bravette" at that.
@@l.robert2389 Thank-you for that massive clarification!
@@joed.twyman6355 Brevet.
It's funny when people FIRST encounter historical facts that are quite well known, they seem to think, "no one has ever seen this before" and that's the problem with this video. Well known facts dressed up as "facts never heard before!" They've hidden it from you!
Maybe an essay from the “Indians” might give the real battle story.
I wonder what General Terry thought when he reached the battlefield and saw how troops were outgunned by attackers with repeating rifles. After all, it was General Terry himself who headed up the military ordnance board that chose the Springfield single shot rifle as the standard issue for US troops.
@@nuancolar7304 This outgunning was not known until the 1980's after the battlefield archeological evidence was found and evaluated by DR'S. Scott and Fox.
Terry and Crook followed the government’s aim to eradicate the native Americans and committed war crimes in order to achieve this.
Well it would not have made a difference no matter what the army use this weapons the Native American warrior was more skilled and more cunning and also more radical they were the Ultimate Warrior back then they had no fear
And he by the headed up the board but like you said it was a board so there was a bunch of Knucklehead officers not using their heads an ironically there were a lot of white civilians that were selling rifles the repeaters to the Indians for profit so the white man really was not at an advantage like he thought he was only after Geronimo is when the Native Americans were finally turned into slaves
@@l.robert2389 I suppose that’s why they still control Montana and the Dakotas.
Major Reno. He wasn’t a colonel.
Major Reno held the brevet rank of Colonel during the Civil War. It was customary to refer to an officer by the highest rank he had ever held. This is why Custer is referred to as General.
Major
Custer followed army protocol but because of bad intelligence there were more hostiles than the 900 he was led to believe.
@@michaelzann6485 but he had many signs along his March to tell him that this was erroneous, as well as all his scouts telling him that this was so. He just chose to disregard or ignore these warnings and charge in blindly without proper reconnaissance.
No no his counts warned him they even left
Hate smart phones
@@douglashento996Actually, His Arikara scouts stayed, fighting with Reno in the valley fight. The Crow scouts with Custer were released by him near Medicine Tail Coulee and then left. They didn't leave on their own. Only Mitch Bouyer stayed with Custer, only to perish with his command.
You need to study a little more. Sheridan and Sherman didn't set him up. And glory seeking had nothing to do with the loss. That makes for great fantasy stories but little fact.
You are correct, sir.They set Custer up to fail. Custer was neither a villain or a hero, somewhere in between. But ya gotta love his flamboyance. He wanted to run for President. ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS WAIT 24-48 hrs till Terry arrived and with 1200 or so additional soldiers they would have probably taken the day ..but hindsight is easy.
There is no evidence that Custer wanted to run for President. That is a myth that was started in the 1950s by author Marie Sandoz - with no backing citation.
As for waiting 24-48 hours for Terry, that wasn't an option. The entire campaign was based, rightly or wrongly, on the idea of not letting the Indians escape. And, had he waited, it's likely they would have done just that. With the large horse herd the grass in the area played out quickly. And, the village could simply not stay together in one area for a long period of time due to sanitation reasons. Just as it did after the battle, the village would have broken up and scattered in different directions.
@@lowellsmith1477 Very good, Lowell! Custer never had presidental goals in mind. He was a soldier and not a politician and he knew it. Nor was he ever concerned about glory. He was concerned about the on coming fight and to some degree his orders to subdue the Indians.
I have heard this before. Me thinks this is pirated work.
Custer was violated with an arrow, something that was not revealed until after the death of Libby Custer.
I am a historian. You ruin your whole video by using images that have absolutely nothing to do with the actual uniforms, weapons, or headgear Custer’s troops used. I am guessing AI, and not very good AI at that. Look for correct, historical images and cite them in your description or in captions.
Prove your a historian…
@@cbrown9555 Prove you know the difference between "your" and "you're" 😉
@@Vanjasper “you’re ….. Ma Ma”
@@cbrown9555 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
visit the crow reservation there at Garry Owen… mountains of empty whiskey bottles and acres of abandoned cars.
Pretty common on reservations
Custer knew how big the village was but thought "We caught th.napping!". Guess Gall woke up😅😅😅
Custers last words were I can’t under stand these guys they were singing and dancing last night 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Alcohol abuse
Poor food
Dysentery
Poor education
Dehydration
Ignorance
You forgot to state the main reason for failure was being outnumbered 3 or 4 to one.
@@paulraulin-c7jthe main reason for failure.
Arrogance, stupidity etc.
And reliance on government handouts....still 160 years later....sad.....
Army chow at the time was hard tack (called hard bread) bacon and coffee. The Army had marched on such food for a very long time and it sufficied. They saught other sources of food from hunting and fishing, but when on the march the traditional ration was eaten. Drink was an issue, but I doubt that the enlisted got much....officers - maybe some. I have not read that dysentery was a problem, but it certainly was during the CW. It came from poor sanitation; not washing dishes, etc... As for "Poor education"? Who cares if a trooper cannot read?
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They had 2 gatling guns baCK AT THE FORT,... how ever Custer knew they were heavy and he wanted to move fast . may be he should have not hurried !!
Custer was a Lt. Colonel not a General at the time
The Indians outnumbered Custers troop 5-1. Not all of Custers column were deployed. Why are we always willing to disparage our fellow soldiers?
It doesn’t matter in the long haul. Only one of Indian victories against regular cavalry. I think that the Indian tribes were savage and brutal, they tortured and mutilated their victims before slowly killing them. Indians would force defeated enemies to act as slaves, until no longer necessary. Indians fouled the land where they camped and moved on when it became unlivable. They would hunt an area bare and then move on to another area.
Indians are romanticized by liberals who believe that they were mistreated or land was seized from them. What happened is the Indians made the same mistake that many of us tend to do, and that is to trust our politicians.
All the massacre did was bring down the thunder from the sky. The beginning of the end for the Indian. 🇺🇸🦅⚔️
Custer was a arrogant ass, he made so many bad military decisions it wasn't funny, the first was deciding to disobey General Miles orders, he was only supposed to scout and wait for the main force to arrive
General Miles' orders? Nelson Miles was not on the campaign. If you are referring to General Alfred Terry you would be more correct. However, General Terry's orders or instructions gave Custer a lot of discretion.
And, speaking of General Miles, he agreed with Custer's actions at Little Bighorn.
General Miles was not even there. It was General Alfred Terry.
You need to read the actual order. And, it was from General Alfred Terry and not Nelson Miles.
Miles actually agreed with Custer's actions at Little Bighorn.
It was war you don’t win every fight in wars, mistakes or bad luck all play a part. Look at the British in the Zulu war.
Sitting Bull never participated in the battle. He was a medicine man.
The Last Stand Myth came straight from the Indians since no soldiers survived.
There were American survivors, a couple hundred of them. Major Reno's and Captain Benteen's units made it out.
@@paulipock6981 Actually over 400 and they sat by and did nothing.
@@31terikennedy so what
@@paulipock6981 yeah those cats that made it out they wasn't in the arena where Custer was located and if they would have been well it still would have not turned out for good for the Army
@@gerald-hl7kt Very important to get it right.
He was outnumbered ,that’s all, but put himself there
Custer was a glory seeker and though ordered to wait for Gibbon and Terry's columns jumped the gun.
He was expected to attack if conditions allowed for it, and with Custer conditions always were going to be allowing for attack
Springfield rifles against Winchester repeaters?
@@MrReymoclif714 Actually, these 2 weapons were quite comparable in several categories. The Springfield 1873 Carbine fired a .45 cal 400-410 grain bullet at 1350 ft per second out to a range of 500-600 yards max and 200-300 effectively. The Winchester 1873 fired a .44-40 180 grain bullet at 1200 ft per second out to a range of 300 yards max and 100-150 effectively. Thus, the Springfield could outrange the Winchester with a heavier bullet. The Springfield was single shot. But could 5 to 10 aimed shots a minute.
The Winchester had a 12 round magazine and could be fired as fast as you could operate the lever action and pull the trigger. However, then you had to laboriously reload 12 rounds into the weapon one bullet at a time. Thus, sustained rate of fire was quite similar.
The deciding factor was the limited amount of ammunition carried by the cavalry and the overwhelming numbers of Indian warriors attacking, something approaching 8-10 to 1 odds depending on whose
Numbers of Indian warriors you believe. The terrain also affected the action, as the warriors used this to shorten the range to make their weapons more effective.
This was not tragic, this was due because custer was a killer of infants, children, women, and elders. Only the day custer ran into warriors in the thousands waiting to protect their way of life and end custer life.
Is the Gen. Terry mentioned in this article the same Terry that formed Terry's Texas Rangers?
No
You better stop this now or else I will report this as copyright and your channel will be taken down.
Please be more pacific
Specific😂
How can their be "first hand accounts" when everyone died. 😀
“Famous” not infamous. Check a dictionary.
Big deal , one of the few native victories after the 1830s
I watched the entire video and I still don't know how to chill custard. CLICKBAIT!!!!
Custers last words were I can’t under stand these guys they were singing and banding last night 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
They were so outnumbered the battle lasted about 14 minutes if I'm correct😂
Also what was crazy is his pride George Armstrong Custer his pride his head was so swollen it was bigger than LeBron James he had the Donald Trump ego that's what got his butt killed the way he got killed the Bible says pride comes before a fall😂
Custer was the first man to wear an Arrow Shirt. Seriously though, Custer had it coming. He was a monster and didn't suffer enough for all the atrocities committed by him and his men.
What atrocities did Custer or his men commit. More bullshit. I guess you can say the Indians had it coming at the Washita and Wounded Knee. You aren’t very bright and can tell you get your history knowledge from watching bullshit tv shows
Where do you get your info, comic books. Such a cliche-"he had it coming" but you're correct Custer did things, atrocities, such as on the Washita. "Arrow shirt"-good one. Had to think a minute to get it.
Read the book "INDIAN VIEWS OF THE CUSTER FIGHT" by Richard G. Hardorff. It tells the reason for the fight and that MANY SOLDIERS were drunk. It is interviews of indians that fought and WHY they fought.
Well what Happened at Little Big Horn Was Custers Fault ,By Not following orders taking the gatling Guns
False.
Custer was not "ordered" to take the Gatling guns, although they were offered his use. The Gatling guns in question had been assigned & belonged to the Infantry regiment. Custer wanted to travel as fast as the Cavalry could (or was possible), with only Capt. Benteen's supporting pack-train trailing the rear.
Even the Cavalry Sabers ("long knives"), were left behind @ Ft. Lincoln to save weight on the troopers & horses.
Custer died because he was a arrogant sob, he was told by his indian scouts that they had never seen a camp that big, he didnt listen.
I used to have a bumper sticker on the car I bought from my father-in-law a while back. It simply said “Custer had it coming”.
Wrong. Custer was at the LBH at the request of the Crows to drive the invading Sioux from their lands. Get your facts straight. Duh!
@@31terikennedy My facts are fine. You have a very distorted opinion on what the real history of the U.S. Army in the old American West was like. Here is a reference from the National Park Service that provides dozens of citations about the military warfare against the First Nations. www.nps.gov/parkhistory/resedu/military_indian.pdf
The official policy of the U.S. Government was the extermination (both culturally and physically) of the original inhabitants of North America since at least Thomas Jefferson’s presidency.
@@maxrobespierre9176 Indian society was based on the warrior cult which thrives on conflict. Some tribes got along and some didn't. Custer was at the LBH at the request of the Crow to drive the invading Sioux from Crow land. You have no facts.
@@31terikennedy You have not provided any facts. Assertions do not make facts. I find it funny when chatting with a bot as to how little effort it will put into a discussion. As far as intertribal war, I think you should find it no different from what was happening between the countries of the various European invaders. Damn! If only the Indians had stricter immigration laws. 🤣
@@31terikennedy Are you aware that the Crow are perhaps the most reviled tribe in North America?
no, he got hundreds of soldiers slaughtered
Poetic justice in my opinion, their treatment of the natives cannot be excused, even today that fact is ignored.
Soldiers don't sign treaties or break them, and definitely are not responsible for Army policy. They receive their orders and do their best to carry them out or die trying. A large number of them were recent immigrants or poor working men who joined up for a meager paycheck. Jobs were very hard to find at the time because the country was recovering from the Civil War and the financial crash, the Panic of '73.
The push to subjugate the tribes came from wealthy and powerful men back East, who saw the opening of the West as a way to make money without ever setting foot on the frontier and risking their own necks.
Because of their greed, the breaking of treaties, and total disregard for human life over money, countless Natives, soldiers, and settlers died. Blame them, not Custer and his troopers; they would never have been there if the government hadn't sent them.
The Sioux basically stated fck around and found out moment!
Custer was a Butcher as were a lot of the Cavalry Soldiers.Native Americans were protecting there land.
Custer was a typical Government employee...We never know what we WOULD have done...
The Indians were butchers also,they were not saints.
As would anyone do!
@@michealhand1001 you know the sad thing is not only did the white man take what he wanted back then but also the sad thing is the moral truth is they had no respect for another human being of another Creed, color, and or Nation and then had the nerve to think that the white man's way of life was the only way of life
The Crow scouts were protecting their land
The Indians were Stone Age people what do you expect?
Reno was a Major, Benteen was only a Captain. Custer was not a general at this time period. He was a brevet general during the civil war. He was a contriversial character during most of his military career. Then he got his men killed at LBH.
Col. Custer not General at time of the incident.
Seems as tho Custer was more adapt at slautering than actual fighting!
I don't necessarily like Custer, but he was a Civil War hero at Gettysburg and elsewhere. HE LED HIS MEN INTO BATTLE FROM THE FRONT. Geez-The man had several horses shot beneath him. But you're correct in that Custer slaughtered entire villages, most famously on the Washita.
Herendeen!! not your version! Dom your research, !
Custer was like Fetterman , both we were idiots!
Mess with thee BULL and you'll get thee horns....
A truly great victory for the Native Americans.
In light of what happened in the aftermath of the "victory",it was a pyhric victory that speeded up the loss of their way of life and being forced onto the reservations,they probably would have retained their way of life longer had there been no Little Big Horn,but this caused the US government to send more than enough troops out west to force the Indians onto the reservations once and for all.
Dark and tragic through the eyes of the Oppressor! I have visited the site a few times, I don’t see the tragedy but what the collective will accomplish when they’ve had enough.
Indians also oppressed each other , why do you think that crow Indians scouted for the U.S army? A big reason was the atrocities their people experienced from the Cheyanne and Sioux .
If you call losing their land and way of life a lot sooner than they would have,an accomplishment then it wasn't a tragedy, but I think it was a tragedy for the Indians more so than for the soldiers, because it caused them to lose their land and way of life sooner than they would have,bc after LBH,decided to send an overwhelming number of troops out west to hunt down all of the Indian tribes and put them on the reservations once and for all.
I love a story with a happy ending. What was dark and grim about that day?
“Dark and tragic” 🤦♂️
Can’t believe this narrative
WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU GET THE NAMES CORRECT....WTH..?? 👎
0.54 - The gnawing uncertainty of their leaders fate? LIKE THEY CARED anymore 😂😂 their own heads were on the block