Yes, all great points, thanks for emphasizing that.

A very salient point, and actually quite humorous!

Horizon magazine decades ago printed the Indian version which supports your observation. I find this an excellent series. Custer invariably operated on the edge almost losing himself and his command at least once during the Civil War, this time it caught up with him. Fine comment to a fine series, thanks

The Indians stated, had Benteen and Reno had joined Custer, they would have fled. It is no stretch that Custer and his men was left to die.

The Sioux had never had such overwhelming odds before it was 212 vs 2500. They also left their Gatling Guns behind, which would have evened the odds.

Yes! That's why it's so hard, when reading the Reno Court testimony, to know what's the truth, what's an excuse, and what they desperately are trying to convince themselves of.

It's impossible to know what would happen. Reno was supposed to drive the children and woman out for Custer to round up with no bloodshed he and tucked tail and ran. Custer didn't know Reno ran and therefore got steam rolled. Had they had walkie talkies everything would be different. War during the time while horse back was the only form of communication was a different world. As stated above, there was a study done of the most learned generals and West point students and they found every move Custer made was by the book and correct. It's easy to judge something after it happened, but the reality is things are much more complex than that. Had Reno not been drinking, had the Reno charge worked, had there not been so many Indians in one places had the terrain been different, who knows what would happen.....this is like the Titanic sinking and so fascinating as we simply do not know what happened, and like the Titanic where the captain did about everything right, sometimes tragedy and chaos still hits and is fated.

People misunderstand this. Reno later pretended he thought Custer would be coming up behind him. This was an obvious lie, he knew Custer was riding north on the bluffs on the other side of the river in a pincer movement, Reno and his troop could see this and reported Custer even waved his hat at them. Reno’s job was to attract Indians to the south temporarily away from the village whilst he took the women hostage, exactly the same tactic which worked at Washita. The idea that this wasn’t explained by Custer at officer’s call is absurd.

@@mikerelva6915 It seems to me, that Reno ran to another position, because his troops were getting their asses kicked. He saved lives as a result. You referenced the Titanic and it’s captain. He was solely responsible for the destruction of the ship. He wanted to set a speed record across the Atlantic, through an area where there were icebergs! What an idiot! The ship couldn’t respond fast enough to avoid hitting an iceberg. It was him alone, who was responsible for the sinking of that ship. Certainly, the designers saying that the Titanic was “unsinkable,” played apart, too. Like Custer, that captain was a pompous fool. I don’t know how anyone could say everything Custer did was “by the book and correct.“ It wasn’t from the start! He disobeyed orders. He was supposed to wait for reinforcements to come up. He didn’t do that. Is that “by the book?”

@@drstrangelove4998 it's so hard to understand what happened in history when we don't understand the present. If you were to ask 100 Americans what happened on January 6th, you will get all different answers. Some would say Trumpers rioted and took the capitol, tried to commit insurrection while others will say it was an orchestrated false flag by "the deep state" and the election was stolen. Who is right? Both sides feel equally right. It's really impossible to truly know what happened that day. We do know that Reno was court summoned multiple times for degenerate behavior and not only hated Custer, but hated the men he served with. He was a father too....had to worry about his children while Custer, Myles and Weir did not. Who knows what really happened, but the more you deep dive on Reno you start to see he would not be willing to sacrifice his life to size the cocky Custer's life. In regards to the Titanic, again we don't know. We like to summarize and wrap things up in a neat package but it never works that way. The captain thought the ship was sink proof and that the first chambers could adequately be shut down before the spillage leaked over and sunk the whole ship. The ships designer knew that was not true and it was hidden until it was fixed on later models. It was a domino effect of multiple follies but the captain made the decision to go down with the ship.....would Reno have? I don't know. Doubt it after long study on him Ive always felt you can look at a person and tell much. Custer clearly is a show boat, Myles K seemed like a nice guy along with Weir, Reno seems like an A hole and Benteen also seems like he just only cares about Benteen and climbing the ladder. The shame is that day was a waste. The Indians came back to their reservations shortly after. There was also immense pressure on Custer to deliver and he knew that....and the military was well aware he was a pitbull and what kind of reckless man he was. The military sent a pitbull in there that would achieve the objective or be killed with no sense of self-preservation for him or his men. It was a failure on so many levels but we like simple answers for complex problems. We will never know what happened that day, all we can do is analyze the best we can and guess. I believe that Benteen and Reno could have went guns blazing and saved some of Custer and Myles men but would have lost many of their own. It's simple self preservation, better your neck than mine.

Wow, I am honored. Thank you for the kind works 🙏🎉🙏

Custer was a lot of things in his career, good and bad. But whatever was pushing his motives or clouding his better judgement, I agree that early in the battle he knew he was in big trouble with no way out. That note written so soon with a tone of 'save us" indicates that. This is just my view from my life experience, Benteen now knew A/Custer was in deep doodoo, B/ there was LOTS more Indians in the area than expected, C/ rushing full speed to Custer would require throwing caution to the wind and risking an ambush. In other words he would not make the same hasty decisions as Custer. Weir's comments I'd not read before but to me he was shooting off his mouth (bravado). I've walked the battlefield and Weir's point is not very far from Reno's position. IMHO Weir got a reality check when he got a better look at the major FUBAR around Custer, so he came back. People's memories are a fickle thing as some fade away after the event and sometimes details emerge later after things have calmed down. Then there's motives and butt-covering. The truth in the mix somewhere. ADD:: The real miracle is how anyone, horse or troops, made it across the river and up Reno Hill. That hill is STEEP and high. Even today with a good fresh horse it would suck the energy out of the horse. Considering the govt issue horses were not the best and were worn out at the time of the attack, it is truly amazing. I don't think adrenaline alone can account for making it to the top.

Russ, thank you. You made my day. Really. It's so good of you to share such positive comments 🙏

Thanks so much!

Thank you!! So good of you to take the time to leave a comment. I'm finishing another video and should have it up by the weekend. Stay tuned! 🤞🎉🤞

You just made my week. Thank you so very much 🙏🙌

You don't know how happy that makes me! You are very kind. I finished a new video tonight but when I was listening to it a final time I noticed a mispronunciation right smack in the middle. I know it will annoy me to no end so I need to re-record it tomorrow. 🤦🏼‍♀️ I was bummed but you just cheered me up. Generous comments like yours make it worth it 🙏🎉🙏

Oh thank you!!! Much appreciated 🙏

Well, I guess you are just going to have to visit the battlefield again ;) They are about to renovate, and hopefully the new visitor's center will have at least some of the tremendous amount of artifacts that NPS is holding in Arizona. If you know any bigwigs, please tell them you want those items to come back to Montana and be available for students of the fight!!! As always thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. I'm trying to think of who to tackle next... maybe scout Charley Reynolds... what do you think?

Thanks, David! You are very good to me and my videos!

Thank you, KC. I was very lucky and a Power Point expert taught me every thing I know 😉

Thank you! I so appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment!

Me too! Thank you!

Thank you!!! I do try to find cool photos, but sometimes it's easier to reuse the same images, or the popular ones, so people watching don't mix up my characters or get confused as so many images pop up. So thank you for mentioning that you prefer the different photos! I will focus more on them in the future! Also thank you for your kind words. I always feel like i ought to be more professional but if I keep things chatty and simple, I have more fun, and I hope that comes across. YES I LOVE THE ARMY NAVY JOURNAL TOO!!!!

Thank you, Scottie!! 🙏

Thank you so very much. Half the reason I make these things is to force myself to learn the material, and thus have the info at the top of my brain when I get into my own debates about Custer ;)

Oh, Jeff, thank you for the kind words. I seem to have all sorts of ongoing issues, esp with the sound, so I appreciate hearing that the presentations are still worthwhile! I just started working on a new one... Hope to hear from you again, Siobhan

@@SiobhanFallon7 "I just started working on a new one..." Great! cant wait to watch it. You really do have a great talent for this. 🙂

Heck yeah the Lakota and Cheyenne had everything to do with it!!! Absolutely. Thank you for emphasizing that and for watching! 🙏

Whoa, you just made my night!!! Thank you! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Thank you, Ronald! 🙏📚💕

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment! I hope you come back and visit again 🙏

Much appreciated!! 🎉🙏

I agree. She is an inspiration to me, as a fellow Army spouse. She had such strength and focus after so much unbelievable grief. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

Yes...that's why I treat her with caution..

Wow. That's an interesting coincidence!!

That's cool I didn't know that. Thanks for post that information.

Especially since both the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the Battle of Isandhlwana involved a modern, well-equipped army underestimating the fighting capacity of indigenous people. Both commanders were arrogant, worried than they would be unable to locate and confront their enemy. Also, both commanders divided their forces, failed to properly reconnoiter, and did not understand the landscape. @@SiobhanFallon7

Ha! Hi Hugo!! Yes. It is ironic that Reno is there. Would he want to be buried there? No one knows. But he is at least taken care of there rather than the unnamed grave his family had plopped him in at his death 🤷🏼‍♀️

​@@SiobhanFallon7 Or was it a strange sign Custard buried him,, returning the favor .... Well,, you never pull back on the truth your a brilliant historian and story teller... To you I take my hat off,, my dearest Lady 🌹

@@SiobhanFallon7 Have wonderful day 😊 ❤️ I got some of those wonderful videos of yours to catch up on!!! So another word's I got a beautiful plans with a beautiful historian!!!

@hugonarvaez2944 ha! Yes, it's been awhile!

​@@SiobhanFallon7 On a similar note.... They just released some interesting things about the JFK assassination .... So the government does cover up?? ( say it ain't Sool😮) You know I thought I saw or read somewhere that when Grant Wasa general, during a certain battle he had some severe casualties .. . It was swept under the rug because,, Well the North won the war.... You are graceful and sharp 🌹

Thank you so much! I have done a lot of research and it's difficult distilling it down into something that might be compelling on a screen. So I especially appreciate your comment 🙏 🎉 Please let me know if there are other videos of mine that resonate with you as well.

@@SiobhanFallon7 is there a way to promote your channel? We need to bump up your following.

@nicholassteel5529 not sure. I'm just sort of winging it and hoping people with similar interests find me 🤷🏼‍♀️ People have been super so far. One of these days I'll figure this platform out 🤔 Please let me know if you have any suggestions 🙏

THANK YOU! That's the first comment and it's a great one. Much appreciated 🙏🙏🙏

@@SiobhanFallon7 I was first introduced to General Custer in the 1960's when I was just a young boy. Your video's have greatly enhanced my knowledge of General Custers history.

Thank you!! Reno does seem to have treated women badly after Mary Hannah died 😬

Custer should have waited for Terry and a Gibbon and if he didn't never split his command in 3. The scouts told him how many Indians there were.He was a brave man but foolish and a glory hounding a shame he didn't care about his men.

​@@richardalves2920 Terry and Gibbon got lost and were 24 hours late.

@richardalves2920 The Crow scouts recommended that Custer attack immediately, as they assumed they had been seen by the Sioux and therefore the 7th needed to act fast. The Arikara were more cautious. Different scouts recommended different actions. So Custer actually DID listen to his scouts, just not the scouts we too often hear quoted. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@@SiobhanFallon7 Thank you! That is what I had read, as well. Darned if you do, and darned if you don't situation.

Sometimes they really feel like that. Especially Tom Weir and Libbie Custer. Makes me happy you think so, Leslie ☺️

It was June and the river was in near flood stage from the snow melt. The Indians themselves said the number of warriors ranged from 1800 to 2500. Still a lot more Indians than the reservation agents claimed has left the reservation.

Crook estimates are as I gathered from him to that count .Bob Boze Bell said Beaver damn . Many have said it was 8 ' deep water . And knowing the country well my self . Know of how it is in the plains June 25th . If 2500 or 10,000 . He was greatly outnumbered.

Yes, absolutely, Reno lost more men during the retreat from the timber than those KIA on Reno Hill. Great points. Thanks so much for watching and for bringing those details up.

U would be correct 👍

That is what we hope our military would do 🤷🏼‍♀️

And I'm from New York too! Ha! 🗽

Libbie built a home in Bronxville and would vacation at a friend's home in the Catskills. I live in the Catskills and need to get over to that cabin sometime.

@@debpratt52 do you live in the Catskills? We used to go there when I was young. I'm from Highland Falls, right near West Point, NY!

Yes, you are right! Maybe I will, Richard! Great suggestion. Thank you 📚💕

Why thank you!! 🎉 So very glad you found me and I appreciate you commenting! Stay tuned, I am working on a bio about Custer's scout Lonesome Charley Reynolds who died at the Little Bighorn... Let me know if you have any favorites or suggestions about topics you'd like me to cover 🙏

Isn't it fascinating with custers' culmination that he survived the entire Civil war!? He had just been lucky up until then, and it was inevitable.

That's an incredible idea!!! I will! Thank you for the kind words, Michael! I am writing about this moment in history too... 🙏🤞🙏

I agree with you 💯about Custer and his tactics of attack. Great insights, thank you!!

ha ha yes. I was thinking on doing a video on the horses at some point-- I must remember Benteen's!

Yes! I have that book!

That's a great question!

I think they realized just how many Braves there were, I think they legitimately were scared of what they stepped into.

No matter what Curley says and I love Curley!

Yes. He fought for 20 minutes and was supposedly out of ammo, but didn't think Custer needed ammo for his two hours of fighting? 🤷🏼‍♀️😬

@SiobhanFallon7 I believe Custer could have held out if he had sufficient ammo just as Reno held out on his own hill. I also think the Indians would have backed away from a determined charge to reinforce Custer just like they backed away from Renos retreat from the timber. Again thanks for your research, thought I had read everything. There are still a lot of leadership lessons at this battle and its aftermath that would benefit the Army.

@@Freedomfred939 thank you, Fred! I agree with both of your conclusions.

You're the best. Thanks for always taking the time to comment on these 🙏

Quiet a few eyewitnesses would agree with you... 😉

This is an ongoing question for me too.

Insert Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man gif 😂😂😂😂 Patton would have actually been better suited for Custer's era I think. He was a throwback in alot of ways, but like Custer prone to stepping on powerful politicians feet, but his ability to fight always saved him. Both were great horsemen too.

@@mikerelva6915 In WW1 Patton was severely wounded and should've died, while leading a charge on a German position. Patton told his troops he was going to lead the charge and asked for volunteers to go with him. IIRC he asked several times before he got a handful to go with him. Believe he got shot in the pelvis or groin area. Its been some time since I read the details but it was an absolute miracle he even got back to aid, much less survived. You can accuse Patton of being a strange ranger but not a shrinking violet.

Hi Jack! There were sources listed in that last image at the end of the video. I try to list the sources I use the most at the end of each video, and if I don't manage that, I will put in the description of the video. If you click on the title of the video it will bring up info about it... I'll put together a quick list and respond here again in a minute. Thanks for watching! Please let me know what other videos of mine you like!

Ah, Jack, apologies! I just realized you mean you couldn't see the sources because the font is too tiny! I cut and pasted them into the description box! You are right. I forget that people often watch from their phones-- not their lap tops. I will make them more easily to view in the future and put here for you too. Here are the main sources for this video: Sioux War Dispatches: Reports from the Field, Marc Abrams Custer, the Seventh Cavalry, and the Little Bighorn: A Bibliography, Volume I & II, Michael O’Keefe The Army and Navy Journal of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, James S. Hutchins The Reno Court of Inquiry, Chicago Times Account, ed by Robert M. Utley A Complete Life of Major General George A. Custer, Frederick Whittaker

Yes. 😥🤷🏼‍♀️

Surrounded by relatives and favorites, Custer created a faction among the officers. The group surrounding Custer was the "In Crowd". The officers who were not part of the "In Crowd' felt excluded. Factionalism did not promote loyalty and cohesiveness.

@@anthonytroisi6682 those are the ones that Custer got killrd.

Lots of great points, YP, thank you!

@@SiobhanFallon7 Not really, he needs to read all the Custer books and find out who is who and that the three damaging wittiness at the court were all fired by Reno when he was in command of the 7th Cavalry and Custer hired them back and as I pointed out on the Court video, I can prove the 2 mule packers are lying. The other scout wittiness is not saying much and hard to prove he is correct. DeRudio hates Reno and DeRudio is known for tall tells. Major Reno is turned into the scape goat and by 1900 is being called a coward, this is because Libby controls many factions in the army and the money, and Libby is totally wrong about the battle. A hint here Custer is killed very early and is long dead by the time they get the body to last stand hill, and the battle is only 40 minutes more or less, not Libby's 4 hour + battle. It is French that drinks down Reno flask at Last Stand Hill.

There is nothing inappropriate and I would let my 15 and 10 years olds watch it, no problem, but it was created with adult viewers in mind.

Great points. He was supposedly "swarthy" complexioned. But he had also gotten into an argument with an Indian scout over a horse during the summer campaign, so they may have witnessed his anger too.

@@SiobhanFallon7 'Swarthy', there's a good word... Thanks for the response great content!

@joeshoe6184 thank you!!

Yes, the way Reno left the timber is hard to defend 😬😬😬 And I agree that Libbie truly loved her husband 💕

@@SiobhanFallon7 Siobhan I like your videos, but please read all the books out there. Custer has to run back to Libby as she is seeing another officer. Major Reno's command is in the timber line, and he formed them up into 3 columns. with M company somewhat to the rear of the other 2 companies. At the time of leaving the woods very few are left behind, and it is Major Reno that has those in hearing range draw their pistols. The command at this time has Indians to the north of them in the wood, to the south of them in the woods, across the Little Big Horn fighting into their rear and to their front. There are about 500 Indians on horseback riding hard to cut the south rout off, 200 made it to the river before Reno's charge makes it to the river. The command had to shoot their way thought the Indians and the Indians cleared a path to the river and many circled back to hit the rear of the command which is Capt. French's M company. Reno and French both stopped to help and give orders on the way to the river. The command has less than 40 rounds of 45/70 ammo left and the 24 pistol rounds, they cannot hold the timber line vs 1000+ Indians they are already in the fight yet alone the other 500+ coming down to fight.

I have read, if not for whatever Reno did to get back across that river, evert one of those guys in the timber would have been killed.

@marccru Yes, that is what they said afterward. Though they did leave quite a few men behind in the timber (Girard, Lt DeRudio, and soldiers with them, etc), and, over the course of the next 24 hours, they made it back to Reno Benteen Hill without being killed or captured. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@@SiobhanFallon7 DeRudio refused to leave the woods, he was offered his horse and he stayed in the woods on his on choice. This is why Capt. French thought of DeRudio as a coward later.

What condition were they in? How did it differ from other long campaigns any US soldiers were involved in, or even campaigns the 7th CAV had been involved in in the past? You can compare it to the Washita, the Yellowstone, or the Black Hills perhaps? This was no starvation march like the one General Crook would order later.

U didn't know they got there asses kick. They walked dayswithout drinking or eating.

Natives know how to hurt u!

@@SiobhanFallon7 bull shit it was

How did it end??

I'm not sure. I'm traveling now but I will ask around when I get home!

There is a Sitting Bull's interview that does indeed!

yes but how much of his interview was playing for the crowd this is far from unique that someone might say something in an interview that they thought would make people happy. If we look at later campaigns we can more easily see this, many of the statements made by German Generals when being interviewed by US forces after the war were deliberately tailored to please the US interviewers, In the contemporary records of the German forces there is not a single mention of Patton being a feared or respected commander but post-war several German Generals especially Halder had a reputation of playing to the crowd.

@jonsouth1545 Good point. You always have to look at interviews with a critical eye, I agree. Journalists could be unscrupulous, memory is faulty, and people tend to put forth an interview that makes them look good. But when other testimony support those claims, I think you can tentatively trust it.

Whoa really????

@SiobhanFallon7 yes - also Reno accused Girard of stealing is why Reno dismissed Girard- Girard fired back to the press after the RCOI that Reno had told Girard he was paid too high and that Reno could hire 3 scouts for what Girard was paid - Girard said nothing was said or logged into records of stealing of any nature - After Custer returned from Washington and put back in charge he reinstated Girard-

@@RV-eq8gj yes!! Girard had a pretty solid defense there! Great stuff, RV, thanks!

@SiobhanFallon7 Thank you for your presentation-- here are some points --- a Fact that Custer marched his men 78 miles in 24 hours and went directly into Battle is not a decision of a wise leader graduate of WestPoint- and to send Reno into Battle with only 100 bullets per soldier and 50 of those were on a horse pouch that could not be easily got to - horses dont cooperate - Custer has no immediate idea of where the packtrain is at. Custer sent Benteen left oblique on a wild goose chase batting rough terrain on exhausted horses. Many of the horses in Custer outfit balked and simply refused to go because of exhaustion- Several Scout said their horses refused to go. Scouts reported several soldiers were off their horses and kicking their horse in the belly to try get them moving. Not to mention the men themselve were in no condition to fight being completely exhausted as well with only a few naps in last 30 hours. Soldiers called General Custer "Iron Ass" --- Boston returned to the packtrain for a different horse most likely because the horse he was on was spent. Custer brought several horses along for himself to rotate on. No doubt Custer had great moments in the Civil War - LBH was a complete blunder on Custer Part. In the Newspaper archives for months before LBH story's were ran relating Sitting Bull threat ' I have 8000 warriors and if the army comes near me we will fight' So everyone in that era knew that Sitting Bull had a force of warriors and would fight. Once Custer showed his presence to the Indians it became a mass running battle. The army came in firing on the villiage and alot of the Indians remembered what happened at Sand Creek. Hostilities were high and it was over quick with most things happening in unison as 1000s of warriors swarming the entire Custer area on fresh horses- Calhoun fell some soldiers made it to Keogh but all the while Keogh was under assault - the stragglers from Keogh/Calhoun ran to Last Stand Hill and Last stand hill was as well under assault all the while and the last ran to Deep Ravine and it was over and it was quick. -- As for Reno and Benteen- Sitting Bull said "We have killed some soldiers let the others go" so Reno Benteen were harassed until camp was moved - the Indians may not have even known Terry was close by - Sitting Bull never got the memo..

I have not been there!! Do they have a museum? Nice!!!! Thanks for sharing!

@@SiobhanFallon7 I don't think so. the building has a porch with brick that was built to look like it was twisted holding up the roof. I think you can do a virtual walk through with google maps.

Oh. The old post is a museum. The "New" post is open to drive through. People run on the streets. It was an active Army post until about 1966.

If I may suggest this video, which gives Thomas Weir's point of view on Reno's behavior? I have a whole Weir series but this might answer your question the best... and thanks for commenting! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iq6JbLqjrq2ciIU.html

Did you watch my video? There was plenty of criticism on both sides, and certainly a lot of criticism of Custer. Who exactly are you referring to who spared Libbie's feelings? The same officers who also defended Reno's actions at RCOI? The officers were cautious on the stand about Reno's behavior, and they were cautious about being critical of Custer, too. I would attribute that to their military loyalty or espirit de corps. I find the argument that officers were sparing Libbie's feelings unfounded and a later and too easy excuse. But if you have some documentation on it, other than Hare's comment made decades later, I would really love to read and learn more. Thanks for commenting!!

Major Reno brought a gatling gun on an earlier scout in mid June and it made travel incredibly difficult, killing a mule and badly injuring a soldier when it overturned on the trek. He would have returned and told Custer and Terry about this. And it probably played into Custer's planning, and his knowing he was meant to be the faster more mobile force, thus he left the gatlings with the slower Infantry forces of Gibbon and Terry.

Libbie had died before They Died with Their Boots On came out, but I think she would have loved it!! And Olivia de Havilland looks so much like her. Libbie would have appreciated this film so much. The movie debuted in her hometown of Monroe, Michigan. The theater stlll stands today.

Did I say 1878? 🤦🏼‍♀️ I meant 1876. Whittaker met Weir in November 1876, and Weir was dead by December 1876. I mix up dates sometimes when I am speaking (and other things too!). Thanks for your patience. And the Carringtons! Yes! So fascinating! I will do something on them someday. What a story!

@@SiobhanFallon7 Glad that I could help. Did you hear that of the Sioux? That they didn't know that they had defeated Long Hair?

Another example, you said 1867 for Bruce Liddick(mssp?)

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@@SiobhanFallon7 Sorry. I just notice certain historical details. ☺️😟😔 (meant to show a guy blushing/not smiling. Couldn't find it.) I meant no shame! And apparently, I pay attention really well, if no one else noticed. :( I hope that means I did an okay job editing my own book (which has nothing to do with this topic.) I love your presentation, and usually I point out grammar errors. Yeah, I am That guy. I heard none with this. Thank you.

If George Custer would have been an army officer during the Vietnam war, he would have been a victim of Fragging. Benteen came close to doing just that after the Washita fight.

Thanks so much for watching and talking the time to respond!

@michaelhart6318 You're not very good at twisting a narrative especially based on any type of fact because you're obviously very opinionated. That's not a good way to be when you're evaluating history GARRYOWEN 😂

@@michaelhart6318 Oh my, did Benteen say that post- Washita? I don't remember and would love to read if you have the source handy. I do know that French wrote to Lt William Winer Cooke's mother (Cooke was Custer's adjutant and died with him on Last Stand Hill) that French wished he had shot Major Reno during the retreat from the timber 🤷🏼‍♀️

I'm afraid I agree with you. There were so many factors at work-- were they defending their friends, or themselves, or the military?

I don't recall one eyewitness saying that, either U.S. soldier or Lakota/ Cheyenne. Who is your source?

I don't think she had an affair. I think she had a friendship with a man, and that Custer found this very troubling, and he remonstrated her about it. My guess is that man was Thomas Weir, as Custer makes a few snide comments about him in letters to Libbie (I go into this a little bit in my Weir bio Part I especially so you might want to check that out). Libbie had too much to lose to have a full blown affair, and I believe she truly adored Custer. But she was charming and very friendly and probably a bit of a flirt. And Custer was often out and about with actresses and heiresses when he was solo in NYC and DC, so she may have also wanted to make him a little jealous at times.

@@SiobhanFallon7 okay. Thanks for the info

Weir knocked the bottom out of it.

@@mitchwood6609 🤣🤣🤣

He didn't jump it. He stood right in front of hundreds of them... 😂

Hi Boom!! 🎉

Custer's auto-biography? Do you mean his series of articles that would make up My Life of the Plains, which covered the Washita Campaign of 1868/1869? Huh. I read this very carefully myself. I was impressed by Custer's writing ability (it is harder than people think, and he was actively a Commander at the time). And I found him rather self-deprecating and concerned with both his soldiers and his enemy (detailing familial relationships within the Southern Cheyenne, and also how he often visited the women and children prisoners held at Camp Supply/ outside Fort Hays, etc). What did you see as hubris, Richard?

@@SiobhanFallon7 indeed!Will stand corrected! No pun intended! Regards.

@SiobhanFallon7 also it says on on your response,read more... but can't find the rest of your message! Apologies..

@richardkerry6552 If you touch the "read more" it will open up the whole message! Thanks so much 😊

@SiobhanFallon7 thanks,got the rest of message! Custer was a hero to me as a boy.. watch films with my grandfather..and lead to me driving 14thousand miles around the U.s. Read my life on the plains when at art school.. cold not help feeling his own belief In his ability led to his death and so many brave cavalry men. Still he was and is a legend. No slur on him or the cavalry. Respect to your knowledge and research.

Yes indeed!

I have hands?

@@SiobhanFallon7 It's possible they're yours. They may also be operated by a puppet master, hard to tell.

@@janegardener1662 🤣🤣🤣🙌🙌🙌

Nervous habit!! 😬🤷🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

Wow!! Are you able to share his name?

@@SiobhanFallon7 his name was weir he was very close to Custer he was Custer's best friend

@@Dorian-wf1iv I just did a series on Weir!

@@Dorian-wf1iv kzfaq.info/sun/PLHfg6vohewsw_Fv_odGBj4_-m4ubD9hcl&si=C5902xXmRIRL6img Please let me know what you think 🙏

@@Dorian-wf1iv I have reached out to other descendents before in order to learn more about their relatives. I'd love to chat with you if you want to share anything about his life etc. So glad you found my presentations and said hello! my email is siobhan@siobhanfallon.com

Do you have links to the crow scouts accounts?? Please share

Almost 300 US soldiers died, and this wasn't a tragedy? I bet all those fatherless children and struggling widows disagreed. Not to mention Native American families who lost their braves, and whose lives were also irrevocably changed by this event as well.

I do have a habit of tripping over my words quite a bit 🤦🏼‍♀️. It's a lot of material and I get very nervous speaking in "public." These videos have helped me with that but I hope I improve even more in the future.