Edge Report post Posted June 25, 2020 If you haven't been here, it's well worth the travel. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10Turkeys Report post Posted June 25, 2020 Flew into Cody, Wyo last year. Did the Buffalo Bill museum and Yellowstone on Sat, then drove up to the battlefield on Sunday, worth every minute. Caught the Rodeo on both nights in Cody, also. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildwoody Report post Posted June 25, 2020 Old dumass Custard.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 25, 2020 44 minutes ago, wildwoody said: Old dumass Custard.. Custer.... Graduated dead last and under arrest at West Point. But was commissioned Brigadier General at age 23. Made Major General when 25. But died a It Col. in 1876. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
biglakejake Report post Posted June 25, 2020 white crosses scattered on the prairie with a tight cluster at the hilltop. 'they got to where their country needed them first, travelling in the magic realm between heaven and earth, and when they got there they almost made a game of it. None were surer they couldn't lose than the Seventh Cavalry and the smokejumpers.' passage from "Young Men and Fire" by Norman McLean lee 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10Turkeys Report post Posted June 25, 2020 As with anything, a Lot of what ifs with this. What if Custer listed to his scouts about how many Indians were there. What if the Indians paid attention to Sitting Bulls vision and not mutlitaded the soldiers bodies. One interesting guy that was there was Cpt. Miles Keough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 25, 2020 7 minutes ago, 10Turkeys said: One interesting guy that was there was Cpt. Miles Keough. Was always enamored by the story of his horse; Comanche that survived the battle with 7 bullet wounds. He survived until 1891, one of only four horses to ever receive a full military funeral But he wasn't buried he was stuffed and resides at the U of Kansas. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted June 25, 2020 2 hours ago, 10Turkeys said: Flew into Cody, Wyo last year. Did the Buffalo Bill museum and Yellowstone on Sat, then drove up to the battlefield on Sunday, worth every minute. Caught the Rodeo on both nights in Cody, also. were you surprised at the size of buffalo bills clothes? unless they shrunk he wasnt a very big guy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10Turkeys Report post Posted June 25, 2020 9 minutes ago, trphyhntr said: were you surprised at the size of buffalo bills clothes? unless they shrunk he wasnt a very big guy Yep they were pretty small. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 25, 2020 33 minutes ago, trphyhntr said: were you surprised at the size of buffalo bills clothes? unless they shrunk he wasnt a very big guy Same can be said of Custer. His wife claimed he was 6' but his uniforms at the Little Big Horn Museum show he was a couple inches taller than average men of the era at 5'9". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10Turkeys Report post Posted June 26, 2020 The Indians call this the battle of Greasy Grass. If you get on YouTube and Google Ernie Lapointe, who is Sitting Bulls grandson, he tells the Indian side of it. According to him the fight was over pretty quick, one Indian was trying to mount his pony to get in the fight, the horse spun around three times and the battle was over. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muledeerarea33? Report post Posted June 26, 2020 Good series on Netflix that was a 90’s pbs series called “the west” they touch on this and lots of other history. Worth a watch. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coffeeman Report post Posted June 26, 2020 The one time I was there I was amazed by how small it was. The entrenchments at the top of the hills definitely help tell the story Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 26, 2020 If you drive along the ridgethat the soldiers took from the river to Lanst Stand Hill, it's quite some distance. There are US Army headstones the entire distance marking where troopers fell. Their horses were exhausted, the soldiers were mostly immigrant teenagers, many of which couldn't even communicate well in English. The grass was on fire, the smoke along with the dust made for impossible signaling or reorganization. If memory from the battlefield still serves me, Custers rear guard, supply and hospital wagons were a short distance from the last stand hill approximately where the Natl Cemetery lies today. But the soldiers there in reserve were unaware of the massacre happening less than a mile away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, Coffeeman said: The one time I was there I was amazed by how small it was. The entrenchments at the top of the hills definitely help tell the story Yes there were holding actions attempted to let Custer escape. Keogh was killed doing so. Just wasn't good terrain for fighting positions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
