Traces of George Armstrong Custer
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- A look at the life of George Armstrong Custer, as well as related sites in Monroe Michigan.
Note: the stories beginning at 4:40 (Origin of Custer going to West Point) and 24:14 (who wrote the actual note to Benteen) have been refuted by viewers.
My maternal great-grandfather (George Dinsmore, a Scotsman) joined the Army in 1876 and was sent to the 7th Cavalry in the Dakota Territory. As a raw recruit, he mucked out horse stalls and took care of Custer's personal mounts (Vic and Dandy) to the celebrated Lt. Colonel. Still in training, he did not participate in the fray at the Little Bighorn. He later became a scout and was involved with the Indian Wars against the Nez Perce Indians. I still possess his military discharge papers written on vellum.
Thank you Pablo, for sharing. Interesting stuff!
Was our history good or bad us calvary and indians .many killed on both sides innocent women children and men .good and bad on both sides American history
cool history
I live in Monroe, MI. This is far more information than I've ever heard about Custer. So far, we've been able to keep Custer in his current location. History is history, regardless of motive or intent.
I Surely HOPE his statue will remain as it Is and where it Is . Like this Narrator has Said " Custer wasn't the Cause of the Indian Wars and Reservations ,The UNITED STATES Government WAS !! Custer was simply doing what He was ORDERED to do as a Soldier .... Its "HISTORY " not something that a few misinformed political folks
can or should Change ... if they don't like US History , MOVE to another country and leave our History as it IS ..... Thank You
@@Wilett614 Well said.
What are the powers
Very balanced video. Thank you for taking the time to share Monroe and Custer family lore with us!
Very welcome - thank you Siobhan!
I can't believe the extraordinary research that went into this. I learned a part of history that i never knew. Very interesting.
Thanks Steve!
I can't believe somebody's wasting their time on such a ignorant loser. He had the items to win the battle but he left them behind.
Very informative documentary. Really fills in the Monroe, Michigan background of Custer's and Libby's families, and provides a very understandable explanation of the reasons leading up to the Battle of LBH and its result. I knew Custer's scant remains were sent back to West Point but not that it was controversial whether those were even his remains. Another nice quality about this documentary is the family aspect it brings out: the fact that Custer and Libby were connected to this place in Michigan, got married there, had their parents there, and siblings, and what became of them, and what the character of the town was, even photos of their houses. For such a short documentary---well done and choc-full of lesser known info!!
The video apparently has a few things that people are questioning, but I did do my best. I suspect its impossible to portray Custer in a way that everyone will be satisfied with. Anyway, thanks so much!
An exceptional video. It brought many memories for me. I grew up in Monroe County Michigan. I spent 28 years in law enforcement, first with the Monroe County Sheriff Dept and 25 years with the Monroe Police Dept. The last 9 years I was the Chief of Police and so I am very familiar with all of the City of Monroe sites you featured.
My maternal grandmother whose maiden name was White, grew up in the City of Monroe. Her grandmother, my great, great grandmother, was acquainted with Libby Bacon as they went to school together. The White family graveyard plot is also in Woodland Cemetery in Monroe. There are dates in White family plot that go back to the 1700s.
I had always been aware of General Custer but I became more interested when our family visited the Gettysburg National Battlefield. I had never heard of the East Calvary Battlefield. I learned that General Custer and the Michigan Calvary Brigade had intercepted and defeated Gen JEB Stuart. As the video points out, the mission of Stuart was to attack the rear of the Union line at the time of Pickett’s charge. If Stuart and Pickett had been successful, the Union may have lost the Civil war.
Recently, my wife and I visited the Little Big Horn National Battlefield and Cemetery near a small town named Crow Agency, Montana. A park ranger gave a very good presentation as we stood at the stone monument. We could see the entire panorama of the battlefield which is much larger than I expected. It should be remembered that it is National Battlefield Monument with Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen from all our wars interred there. As are all of the National Battlefields, it is a solemn place of honor.
Thanks for such a special video.
Thanks Hendrik, both for your kindness and for your service! There were a number of interesting graves at the Monroe cemetery that I wish i could have included in the video, but it was running too long already. Hoping I can get back to them in a future video.
Exceptional work! Once again, outstanding research. Never disappointed.
Thanks Lisa, much appreciated!
One of the finest doc.on Custer I've seen!!
Thank you-I really appreciate that!
When I first saw this suggested video, I thought, "Oh here we go with a new age hate video", but I was happily wrong -It was very accurate, fair, respectful and beautifully made. Thanks for making this for us all to enjoy.
Many thanks! A few people have pointed out what they believe are factual errors, but none have been downright hostile about the video itself. As for Custer the man, that's another story.... 🙂
"Dad, how do we get our names?" the young Indian boy asks his fathher. Son, I name my children after an event I see during their birth. But why do you ask me this, man who puts small arrow into stinky cornhole of his squaw"
Wow! What a great documentary! Just phenomenal. Thank you for taking us along.
Thank you Pat! :)
Very well done. That was a great amount of research/information brought together into one video. Thank you.
Thank you Jonathan - glad you liked!
Just to add some details; during the 1874 Black Hills Expedition, George wanted all his men in formation at a certain time each morning. One morning, Company C was not in formation. George rode out to see where they were, and he saw the men of C Company just lounging around. When he asked why the hell they weren't in formation, they informed George that his brother Tom was still in his tent, sleeping. George walked over to Tom's tent, peeked in, and sure enough, Tom was fast asleep. George set fire to Tom's tent just to see how fast Tom could get up. With the exception of Tom, a good laugh was had by all.
By the way, I own some Springfield Cavalry Carbines associated with the 7th Cavalry. One is documented as being taken from the battle site by one of Lame Deer's warriors, and recaptured by the 2nd Cavalry, F Company at the fight at Lame Deer's camp in May. 1877, along with other guns, uniforms, flags, and other equipment from The Little Big Horn fight.
Custer sure was a character, wasn't he? 😀 Thanks for your note!
Those men over sleeping wouldn't have made a difference . The Indians were prepared and fighting on their home turf . Game over , well done .
@@arthurseymorejr.3606 This happened in the 1874 Black Hills Expedition where the 7th accompanied geologists, surveyors, and miners determining how much gold was in The Black Hills. There was no engagement with the Sioux. The Black Hills was loaded with gold. When the Sioux refused to sell The Black Hills, that was when President Grant and that psycho Phil Sheridan planned The Great Sioux War to start a war with the peaceful Sioux and forcibly take The Black Hills from them.
@@JAG312 Like I said the Indians were fighting on terrain that was familiar to them . Yes I know it was about Gold and just typical greed - Being that Indians weren’t going to sell any land the government just figured they were going to take it . I know the history and like I said earlier Custer and his men got what they deserved .
@@greatlakestraveller9703 Yes indeed, but then both Bill Cosby and Donald Trump are characters also. Being a "character" isn't necessarily a good thing.
What a fantastic video, well done , brilliantly researched thank you for giving us this insight we often don’t see.
Thank you Graeme!
Thank you for this wonderful history lesson. Great job!
Thank you George!
This is a great presentation. Thank you.
Thank you Dustin - much appreciated!
Awesome Documentary! Legendary Officers George and brother Thomas! R.I.P. 🇺🇲
Thank you so much!
Memory George Armstrong Custer 🇺🇲⚔️ (great respect for this material and work)
Best wishes from 🇵🇱 🕊️ 🤝
Thank you Diana!
Thanks Poland
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2/28/22 ty for posting and your narration of custers Bio really enjoyed ty
Marc
Sure - thank you!
Love the wrap around porch.
The River Raisin was also the scene of the massacre of wounded American Soldiers, by Native Americans ( with British approval) during the war of 1812. In fact the battle cry of the American Army, at the Battle of the Thames, ( also called the Battle of MacGregors Mill, where Tecumseh was killed, on land once owned by my late wife's family) was "Remember The Raisin"
Didn't know - another reason to visit the area. Thanks!
yes my family is one of several survivors of the 1812massacre.
Proof of British "approval " from a Canadian
Yes, the Raisin River Massacre. I first read about that in the 60's. At the time, I assumed if it was the basis for Custer's opinions of Native Americans.
Thank you for this video. George Armstrong Custer is some kin to me. We both descend from Eva Doors. I believe she was his grandmother.
I am an amateur genealogist and familial history researcher. Every scrap of info I can find is important to me. I collect family stories and put them in family tree and history notebooks (just three ring binders). I am always looking for more.
So thank you again.
Very welcome - thank you Sharon!
What a balanced, nice and sweet take on a very difficult person to understand, especially after these many years. He was such a complex character in so many ways, and no doubt that has led to his ability to fascinate. I'm very much into the whole Custer thing and story, and when I get the stock 'he wanted to wipe out the Indians' schtick, I refer people to My Life on the Plains, where he makes clear his respect for the native population and their ways. Of course, none of those people actually bother reading the book ...
Thank you Fergal...
Oh yeah we'll read my life on the Plains and also at the same time read Hitler's Mein Kampf hopefully that will shed some light that Hitler was really not the bad guy that he was made out to be such b******* Hitler and Custer had the same mentality
@@robertwindedahl4919 I suggest that you read both and then get back to us.
Agreed, I think this is a well put together video on Custer, who I feel, may have been made a bit of a scapegoat after his death. I am fascinated with Custer's story and have read several books on him. I also find it fascinating that we have available recollections of actual battlefield moments and conversations as recalled by survivors of those days at the Little Bighorn, specifically by Reno's and Benteen's men and Indian survivors as told at the hearings that were held a few years after the battle. Fascinating subject.
The argument that Custer wanted to wipe out Indians is ridiculous. Custer was a soldier. Soldiers follow orders. The idea that a relatively lower ranking Lt. Colonel like Custer could somehow take it upon himself to mutiny and encourage an entire cavalry regiment to mutiny to take them on expeditions so he could indulge some personal impulse to wipe out Indians is absurd. But read some of the writings of William T. Sherman. He DID want to wipe out all Indians. He wrote about "the final solution to the Indian problem" -- that sounds like something said 70 years later about "the final solution to the Jewish question." On his deathbed Sherman complained to his son about failing to annihilate the Indians completely. Why do you think that the vast bison herds which roamed the Plains in the millions almost became extinct? Directly due to Sherman's goal of starving Indians to death by depriving them of their major food source. THAT'S why the Buffalo were slaughtered almost out of existence. Look all of this up. You want to blame somebody for trying to wipe out Indians? Don't blame Custer -- blame Sherman.
Excellent presentation!! You kept me rivited to the screen. You had some excellent insights and gave a wonderful show cockfull of fascinating historical views. I think this is one of my favorite videos on Custer. Thank you so much. You have a new fan . I will seek you out.😊😊
Thank you so much! Am hoping to have another video posting in the not-too-distant future
Outstanding Narration. So well done.
Thank you so much - so good to hear something positive!
Thank you for the video. Amazing video and insight.
Thank you Soren - much appreciated!
Well done Sir and Thank You.
Very welcome - thank you!
Excellent! Thank you for this!
Very welcome!
Another great video by the Great Lakes Traveller...Well done!
George Armstrong Custer was reburied by his wife at West Point a year after the battle. Row A-27!
An extremely well-done video, my friend . . .
Many thanks!
Excellent presentation.
Thank you!
Very well made documentary. I enjoyed learning.
Thank you Alan!
Very interesting, thanks for sharing.
Many thanks!
Well done you ! So extremely interesting and informative.
Regards from Australia. 🇦🇺
Thank you Noel - much appreciated! Hope all is going well for you in the "land down under".... 🙂
When they mention burial I hardly would consider it a burial considering after the several days since the battle the army came and was only able to find a few bones after they were originally supposedly buried in very very shallow Graves I doubt very much that they recovered more than a few of Custer's bones at that time same way with the others wolves coyotes everything would reduce those to practically nothing near where I live if you leave a goat out that's been killed it only last about 4 days a horse about 7 days
I lived in a small city a few miles from Monroe and always knew that General Custer was popular in Monroe. But this information exceeded my expectation, thank you, thank you. God Bless. 1776
Very welcome - thanks Zegota
William Cooke is buried at Hamilton Cemetery in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Brantford, Ontario. There's a small American flag planted at his grave in recognition of his service. Excellent video. Thank you to all involved.
Thanks Bob, and also thanks for sharing about William Cooke.
Great information well done Sir 👏
Thank you David!
I live in Dundee but my father was from Monroe. I rode the bus with a Custer and she is still a Facebook friend. I remember when jokers put an arrow over the statue's head with a wire so it looked like it when through. Custer would likely have laughed.
Hi William, thanks for sharing!
Well done and very interesting too.
Many thanks - much appreciated!
Well done Thank you
Thank you! 🙂
Great video thankyou
Thank you!
Excellent!
Thank you!
Well done!
Thank you Gary!
I don't know many people who have studied history and facts of Custer without coming to the conclusion he was more hero than villain. More brave then reckless. Also thanks for putting the fact that the village was trespassing and that so.e tribes were with Custer. Bloody Knife was a good friend Custer for sure didn't hate all indians.
@Dan true!
He was a sociopathic narcissist who got exactly what he deserved at Little Bighorn.
@@shawnhierlihy3690 you are entitled to your opinion, however it is ignorant and incorrect. It is obvious that you do not have enough knowledge of the subject to hold an opinion. This is a problem with the internet today.
@Dan shhhhhhhhhhh. read a book.
He was like Hitler.
This was very interesting.
Well done.
Thanks Adam - glad you liked!
I am a Brit and I loved this film excellent work
Thank you Paul! Much appreciated.
Tom Custer awarded 2 Medal of Honor decorations
Excellent job to GLT , to Garryowen and Glory !
Thanks so much!
More financially backed documentary filmmakers need to look at you're work as the template to do it properly!!! Exceptional work absolutely pukka.
Thank you so much! The film classes I took in High School back in the 70's must have finally paid off :)
Interesting. I liked the narration very much. Just for the record, the term "Scotch-Irish" should be "Scots-Irish". In Scotland, the term "scotch" only has to do with the drink.
Doh! Sorry about that...
Libbys house I believe is on the corner of West 7th and union, it's yellow, the Custer house (shown at 3:36) is where our reenacter of Custer stays
Merci beaucoup.
Very welcome!
We have a Custer in Canton, Ct. He is a gunsmith.
Been to that battlefield many times.
Cooke wrote the note,the wrighting at the top is benteens
I live in Michigan had no idea he was from Monroe
When Custer went on the march to his doom, he ordered his band to stay behind. If he had NOT, the New England Patriots would have lost a Super Bowl ! His bandleader was an Italian named Vinateri....that's right....the great,great grandfather of NFL place kicker Adam Vinateri who famously made the last second kick to win the Super Bowl for New England !
interesting tidbit - thx for sharing
Happy anniversary George!
George Armstrong Custer was my 4th cous 7xrem, thru my 10th GGF Arnold Custer...
I always wondered if Custer had relatives living today, obviously not direct descendents as he and Libby didn't have kids.
4th cousin 7xrem? Wow. practically a brother.
For those who like this Lesson in History, look at the facts much more carefully! I call it crafting History to conform to what you would like to believe happened! Also known as writing history to see what one wants to see.
How about some specifics...
That so sad 🙏 prayers for her
Extremely well done. I'm of 2 minds about the statue though. The notion that Custer was only following orders Smells all too Familiar.
please check Custer, Washington state, I was advised land was given to members of the 7 calvary..Many farms have Gray calvary horses
Outstanding Video and Narration ! Many thanks for this tribute to Geo Custer and his entire Family . I visited the Little Big Horn Battlefield as a Kid in 1959 . And have had Continual interest in it to this day .... : ))
Thanks Walter - much appreciated!
Love history
Crazy Horse was at this battle and was a great warrior.
Yes.
Crazy Horse couldn't carry Custers jockstrap.
@@eugenesant9015You must be smoking something to think that.
Didn't have time to watch every inch of the video, but I presume, like every documentary I've seen on GAC and as a pilot and Army ROTC student, there's likely a missing component. Did you know that GAC was the US Military's first aviator? Well it's true. The information is available via the internet. What you will find out is that the French had introduced the US to the hot air balloon during the US Civil War as a mechanism to obtain long range visual intelligence on enemy troop activity. In a suburb of Washing DC, there was a call for a volunteer to operate the new technology. GAC was the "only" person to volunteer. Not only did he take the high level "tethered flight", but saw very quickly a need for improved communication (previously hand written notes dropped to the ground) and took along a telegraph unit and wiring. The test was amazingly successful, although GAC noted in his dairy that he hated the experience and had no interest to repeat it. The test was so successful that Lincoln and his Generals ordered balloons and formed a military unit to be implemented in combat immediately against the Confederate Army.
Richard, yes I knew Custer had gone up in a balloon, but unfortunately when you make these videos you have to leave out so much. Thanks for sharing..
@@greatlakestraveller9703 Got it ... for me, the issue is the "bragging rights". America's 1st Military Aviator. I subscribe to a channel hosted by Ward Carroll (Desert Storm Veteran along with all his fellow patriots). Not one of them could answer the contest question.
@@richardgreen7811 absolutely right! And at the time Custer immediately realized the hugh potential advantage which could be gained from this sort of reconnaissance. I would add that while other men were afraid to go up that high, it didn't faze Custer at all. Custer is a highly controversial figure and you can say whatever you want about him, but one thing you can't say is that he was a coward. He and his brother Tom were almost preternaturally unafraid in combat and at times seemed to actually look forward to the next opportunity that day. Because you obviously have an in-depth knowledge of G.A. Custer, Mr. Green, you know of G.A.C.'s Civil War writings to this effect. As an aside, I've noticed that those people who are outspokenly critical of Custer are the same people who know really little or nothing about him, in direct proportion. Almost as opinionated as they are uninformed. Almost. 😉
@@4thamendment237 I agree with you. I further believe that one of his favorite mantras is "history favors the aggressive".
So many think that all the troops died but there were a few survivors at nearby skirmishes.
I saw that statue when I was in Monroe. It deserves to be where it is and in some ways, a reminder that the army did not always prevail over the inhabitants of the American plains.
CUSTER WAS A MONSTER.
Sp are you.. Signal to someone who thinks like you.
Amazing History lesson 👍 History is important to preserve- Right or wrong ! WAR between cultures has been a fact- since Paleo times when Primitive Man fought for territory. There were other Indian War’ generals that fought with more Valor and through it all had a better grasp of the Indians plight and showed more humanitarian sense-General Crook’ just one example🇺🇸
All very true! Thx for sharing...
Excellent detail, thank you. A question regarding his detainment. Was he arrested for leaving Washington or for leaving his post in the field? I was under the impression (perhaps falsely) that he was arrested at Fort Lincoln, for leaving his command in the field.
Please pardon a follow up comment. I appreciated your final remarks in the video. I've never heard that notion before, but it sounds spot on.
Custer would have reveled in the controversy.
Perhaps others more knowledgeable than myself can weigh in, but my understanding is that he was arrested in both instances - the first time in 1868 at Ft Leavenworth and the second time in 1876 in Chicago just weeks before that last campaign in Montana.
@@OttoMattak U are mistaken, get educated!
@@Jay_Hall Pardon me? Do you care to elaborate or are you socially inept?
Edit: I can't help but notice the contrast between Great Lakes Travelers insightful yet modest response and Jay's sophomoric comment. I've read plenty on GAC, thanks, including My Life on the Plains.
Jay, I don't know if you're a Custerphile or a Custerphobe, but my money says you're one or the other.
Prior to the Little Big Horn Custer was arrested for leaving Washington without permission. Military protocol at the time required officers above a certain rank to present themselves to the president as a sign of respect. Custer did go to the White House and present his calling card but Grant was in no mood to see him after Custer had implicated Grant's brother Orville and Grant's personal friend and Secretary of War in a corruption scandal involving selling sutler franchises at Army posts. Everything Custer testified to turned out to be true but it was also just hearsay as Custer had no proof. Custer hung around the White House for days but Grant wouldn't receive him so he couldn't leave town. When Custer finally decided to leave without permission Grant ordered his arrest and Custer was detained in Chicago and suspended from his command. Grant only reinstated him after Custer wrote a letter begging to be allowed to rejoin the 7th and Terry and Sheridan made personal appeals to the president.
On my moms side we are related to General G.A. Custer through my great Grandma Roller
Charles, thanks for sharing...
Rest in peace
Here's something else you didn't know. Custer wore an Arrow shirt.
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Crook never sent a courier to advise Custer of Crooks abandoning the mission
Custer Lives Forever!!!! :)
George Armstrong Custer IS an American hero, a proud and very competent commander who is now being dismissed by revisionists who never studied anything they complain about. God Bless Custer & the men of the 7th who rode into history with him.
I Served with the seventh cavalry. There are none who hate him more then those who serve in the seventh. Respectfully, you know not of which you speak.
@@SeanRCope Too bad you served in a unit that bought into propaganda. Read about his exploits and how he saved countless lives by his actions. I served for 22 years & those in Cav units I spoke with held Custer in high regards. You speak with forked tongue…
Custer might be a hero to people who don't mind killing villages full of women & children & old men ( & oh yes, he did), but not really to actual soldiers & such.
@@autoguy57 Good grief!
@@bluerock4456 READ historical documents about those “innocent” people before you make a blanket statement like that! The various Plains Nations were killing each other for land you dolt, killing their own women and children. It’s difficult to make someone understand history who only watches MSNBC…
So crazy. I’m directly related to this guy, to the point I have his last name even after hundreds of years. I also live in Indiana about 2 hours away from his hometown- my family has barely left the area! I don’t tell people though bc he’s not the best person to consider family😅
Thanks for sharing. Any family artifacts or momentos related to the Custers?
My grandmother is buried in Woodland Cemetery in Monroe. Her plot is only 50 feet north east of the Custer family plot where Boston Custer intered. Boston also was killed at the Little Big Horn. Many residents speak of the Custer brothers terrorizing taverns and citizens in Dundee Michigan. George was reckless during the Civil War to seek approval from Libbys family to marry her. Our old house on Scott Street is one block east the the Church they were married in 1864. Resident of Monroe have mixed feelings towards Custer. Some love him and his history while other consider him a egotistical murderer of native Americans. Some residents have voiced publically to have his statue removed. This controversy rages on and it will alway be debated.
David, thanks for sharing!
Its been argued that the Civil War ended on November 7th, 1865 when James I Waddell surrendered CSS Shenandoah in the River Mersey to the Captain of HMS Donegal and the following day handed the ship's ensign to the Mayor of Liverpool
Ian, yes I have heard that. The actual end of the American Civil War is a bit murky, isn't it? Thank you for sharing!
My neighbors are Custers. Direct relation. Both boys are curly blonde and blue eyes....look just like Gen. George C. Nice guys.
Custer was post commander yet was arrested for leaving the post? Really?
Ironically @ 16:30min this is a photo of Geronimo (Goyathlah- he who yawns) whom Custer never had met in battle.
@21:30min Custer was in this case wrong about needing reinforcements.
He was offered 2 troops of the 2nd Cavalry and a battery of gattling guns. Any
prudent commander knows one of the first axioms of strategy is to not only remain flexible in your strategy and tactics but to use all of the assets and resources at your disposal. I would have kept the 7th intact and used the gattling
guns and 2 troops of the 2nd Cavalry as backup establishing a base of fire 🔥 at the bottom of a dominant elevation within a mile or less of the village and attacked in strength to draw out the Sioux and Cheyenne and conducted a fighting withdrawal bringing them into range of the gattling guns in a enfilade
field of fire 🔥! (A field of fire into the flank of an enemy formation)
They did say he finished at the bottom of his class at West Point so what did you expect!!! When it’s a fair fight the good guys always win!!!!!
How very brave bring out the heavy guns to wipe out a whole village, which included woman and children.
Really interesting hearing of the Custer Union Cavalry defeating Jeb Stuart & saving the backs of the Union Army at Gettysburg. Probably the best best thing he did in his military career. The family members dying with him also was a bit of a mystery to me. Have to make a trip out to the Little Big Horn battlefield. Its also quite a shock to know the actual movements of Custer during the battle are still debated to this day.
Another correction -- the narrator says that the iconic note Benteen received from Custer which was delivered by John Martin had "Custer’s original scribble at the bottom", and was transcribed at the top by W.W. Cooke. This is not correct. The "scribble" was written by W.W. Cooke and was transcribed at the top by Benteen. John Martin was originally "Giovanni Martini", a recent Italian immigrant whose English was not good. Custer gave the order orally to Cooke, and Cooke was concerned that Martin either would not understand it or would not deliver it correctly, so Cooke gave oral orders to Martin to deliver the order orally AND wrote out the note to be sure the order was delivered accurately. The handwriting at the top is quite distinctive. If you look at any other of the handwritten documents or letters by Benteen you will immediately realize that it is HIS handwritng, not Cooke's, at the top. Incidentally, Benteen was very contemptuous of Martin and said of Martin that "he was about as cut out for being a cavalryman as he was to be a king."
Serves me right for not using more sources, although it would have been tough to do given the my time ,imitations. Anyway thx for sharing.
The Lakota accounts and other Native Americans give a more believable account of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Those elders were eye witnesses.
I question the people who want to hide Custers statue, I’m disgusted with these idiots
Enjoyed this video a great deal. You may like the related Little Bighorn videos by “The Story Out West” and myself.
Thank you! I'll check them out...
Glad this is a well researched documentary. Nowadays Custers story is full of bias and hate.
thanks
That looks like Judson Kilpatric not Custer in the Lincoln photo
Yeah I know, and yet others have identified him as Custer, so I'll go with that..
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANKYOU!!! For NOT saying CALVARY!
I know, that bugs me too. 😀
Why would you start out people are not happy about it that Audie was in Monroe . He is greatness .
I said SOME people in the town are not pleased by it, and that is certainly true. I didn't mean to imply that everyone feels that way.
They are not people of the USA . Communist really . The Man achieved greatness that started as you pointed out at 23 . Your time spent to put this here Greatly appreciated. Thankyou .
Very welcome - thank you! @@Gene-kl1br
Do have knowledge of his having 13 horses shot out from under him ? Two in one day at Gettysburg ?
No, I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing. @@Gene-kl1br
West point brought me here
Good to hear! Thanks!
Very interesting! The narrator sounds like he is about to cry all the time?
Huh?
Absolutely outstanding. No lefty bias or hatred of a U.S. Cavalry Officer.
Thank you sir! I try to be as balanced as I can, having lived long enough to know that all people have both good and bad in them. Much appreciated!
With age comes wisdom to some people. We either learn to get along, or we will perish together.
You do know that GAC was a "lefty"right?
@@michaeleasterwood6558 the term "lefty" is a 20th Century term not invented in Custer's time. Intolerant term hurled at those not like minded with you. See if you can wrap your mind around this in light of current events: If we cannot come together, we will surely die together. What a travesty if it takes a NUCLEAR WAR to put the United in the United STATES Of America.
No need for “lefty bias or hatred!” Custer was a self-promoting hothead hoping to be nominated as a candidate for the US presidency at the upcoming party convention. He had plenty of daring do but not much else. He was a man of his times, though his published works are fascinating. There are many deeply researched, recently published works about Custer and this battle from the white and indigenous perspectives.
Custer’s father was a widower, but his mother was a widow: not a widower.
Traditionally, in matters of English grammatical gender, the male embraces the female.
Whenever someone says “both sides” keep in mind, one side invaded the other side.
In principal, yes, but in this case the Sioux were the ones doing the invading, as they were trespassing on Crow land. The US cavalry had the full permission and cooperation of the Crow to attack the gathering. Also once again, the various tribes had been known to attack each other and massacres had occurred there as well. Finally, is it necessary to torture and mutilate invaders? Don't get me wrong, what the US did to the Native Americans was a terrible abomination. I'm only trying to point out that the truth usually has more grey area than is often reported.
That’s like saying we stole there land and killed them off but the truth is they were fighting and killing each other way before we got here but you won’t never hear that!
Poor excuse for greed and genocide.
Only problem I noticed is your description of the movement of the 3 columns @20:15. They were not trying to converge on the Indians in the Black Hills.
My research says otherwise....
@@greatlakestraveller9703 What research shows they were looking towards the Black Hills? The route all the columns took clearly scout the Yellowstone watershed and don't even flirt with the Black Hills. Everything shows that the columns were to converge somewhere between the Bighorn and Powder rivers up to the Yellowstone. Custer took a similar/same route as his 1873 scouting campaign and Crook basically followed his route from his March campaign not even fainting towards the Black Hills which are N.E. of for Fetterman. If this was the case Custer would have probably came down the little Missouri then south through the Slim Buttes/Cave Hills (1874) area and Crook would have just slide up the Cheyenne.
@@wcb5890 Oh, yes that's correct. My apologies - I misunderstood what you were getting at.
I edited out the "Black Hills", so hopefully we're good now. Thanks for pointing that out.
Listen too his Duc again and he says Montana, which does not contain the Black Hills you are implying. The Black Hills region is in South Dakota.
At that time the Govt. & The Army had reliable Intel, by the Other tribes in the Region? That the so called Hostile Tribes we're going too basically Congregate in the area of The River, they refered too as The Grease Grass!! That coming Summer? By the way? The distance from those too areas is approximately 100 - 150 miles travel distance. FYI in that day it would of taken possibly Ten to Fifteen days of travel too cover the Distance? (Avg or Estimated TPD was from 8 - 15 miles per Day Whether on Foot 🦶👣 or on Horseback). Army moved faster, than the Natives with Women n Children all Together.
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Lakota are one of the 7 branches of the Sioux
Thanks Gene, I didn't know that. It took me a couple of months to put this together, and I suspect that I could have spent a couple of years, and there still would have been much more to learn.
@@greatlakestraveller9703 Yeah, there are 7 branches in the Sioux, Lakota, Dakota, Brule, hunkpapa, Rosebud, Oglala and Miniconjou