Thank you!! So glad you found my channel! Wow, Andy, you have quite a history yourself to be proud of 🐎 🇺🇸 Hope to hear from you again. And please send any suggestions my way! You mentioned Comanche... here's my "short" on him: kzfaq.infoQi40kXV2dv8?si=7_FFIOpVVxhCp9aI

Thank you! On many levels 🙏 So very good of you to say hello 🇺🇸

Thank you!! The small stories always have something to offer. So good of you to watch and comment!! 🙏

Nothing was really known until this lady came along.

​@@SiobhanFallon7Hi Siobhan. I really enjoyed this as it gives a real human story. How about covering the Irish at the Little Big Horn. Over 30 Irishmen fell with Custer. One of them was Sgt Jeremiah Finley from Co.Tipperary. He previously served in the British Army and later emigrated to the US and took part in the American Civil War. He was a tailor in civilian life and some historians state he designed Custers famous iconic buckskins. Another fascinating Irishman who fell with Custer was Captain Myles Keogh from Co.Carlow. He previously served in the Italian War of Unification where he fought for the Papal States. The Pope gave him medals for his service and we will learn more about them later. After this conflict he emigrated to the USA and took part in tbe American Civil War and was involved in various battles including Gettysburg. He was a close friend of Custer and the latter asked him to accompany him on the Indian campaign. What is remarkable is that his body was the only one not mutilated. At the Battle of the Little Bighorn Keogh was wearing his Papal medals. Some historians put forward the theory that when the Indians saw these medals they might have thought he was some kind of holy man like a Shamen who is revered in Indian culture and did not want to desecrate his body. It is remarkable that his body was the only one not mutilated. His horse "Commanche" was the only survivor of the force that was left with Custer. I know that a couple of years ago archeological work at the battlefield uncovered bones which were later identified as a Trooper who came from Switzerland. I know that there was an Italian bugeler with Custer and one of his descendants became a famous American footballer. By the way your name "Siobhan" which is obviously originally Irish means the "graciousness of God" in the old Irish language and has been in use as a girls name since the 14th century in Ireland. The "Discovery Channel" made a great documentary about the battle in it's "Battlefield Detective" series. Due to archeological reserach and more facts revealed about the battle in recent years it would be great to see a historical accurate movie or tv series about this important event in US history. Maybe something along the lines of the epic US Civil War movies "Gods & Generals" and "Gettysburg" or like the great TV series "North & South" from the 1980's starring Patrick Swayze. God Bless.

@johnroche7541 yes!! I have had a couple requests for Keogh and would love to focus on him. Though your idea to do one on a few Irishmen might even be better to show the scope of how they made up the 7th. As you point out, there were a tremendous amount of immigrants in the Army at the time and the 7th Cav was no exception. General Sheridan himself may have been born in Ireland 🇮🇪

@@johnroche7541 I wish they'd do a proper movie on the Little Bighorn. Maybe they will option my book for Netflix...🙏😉🤔🤣

Thank you, Russ!! So glad you watched. I was having lots of technical difficulties with my cat and was hoping the little bugger didn't totally ruin the recording 🤣🐾

@@SiobhanFallon7 Cats do that..😸 but you worried needlessly. It was excellent. Looking forward to you, again.

@@russ8261 🤣 thank you!

Thank you! These are the stories I love most too. So wonderful that there are people out there who enjoy them too!!

Ps. I'm glad she got the ring back

Yes, you point out a very good lesson to parents, I'd say. A friend of mine who is writing a book on the Sturgis family just told me that Reily was the one who wanted the transfer to the 7th and that he may have been courting one of Col Stugis' daughters while at Jefferson Barracks!

Winston Churchill's mother also did everything she could to advance his career. MacArthur's mother was the ultimate "helicopter" mother.

Yes! I wish someone would make a series or a movie and not just go with the usual story of the fight. The smaller lives on the edges are so fascinating too. A series really would be great. Let me know if you know anyone in Hollywood or at Netflix ... ;)

If only Siobhan, if only🎥

Oh, Joe, very kind of you. Thanks so much. You do so much to keep this history alive, factual and true, rather than letting it get clouded by misinformation and exaggeration. So honored to know you and see your efforts in action 🙏

You know I will, KC! 😉

Thank you, Richard. To me, the family relationships illustrate the human side the most.

Thank you! I read about Reily's ring years ago and wanted to research him merely for that-- then when I reread I learned about his mother and it grabbed hold and I had to create this right away. Have started on Lonesome Charley! Lots on his adventures so it might take me a while... Thank you, Barbara!

@@SiobhanFallon7 Your instincts are very good. I didn't realize there was a lot of information on Charlie Reynolds. Of course I've been away from the field for about 30 years. But I eagerly await Anything you can come up with. Since I know nothing about horses and clearly you do I wonder if I could ask a question. Why does a broken foreleg necessitate the putting down of a horse? I have never understood this.

@barbaraanneneale3674 honestly I do not know much about horses. I rode when I was young but never knew much about their ailments... but I will see if I can find out! 🐎

@@SiobhanFallon7 Sorry to take so long to reply. You don't really have to do that. I just thought you were responsive about the difference between ponies and horses Indicated you knew something about them. I'd rather you continue your research into the Castro battle. It is beyond Fascinating.

I think so too. Closure of some small kind, and the ability to keep something of his with her.

Ah, Scott, you're the best. Thank you!!

Me too. Both must surely have been trying to do what would make the other the most proud.

The Seventh Cavalry had more than its share of good-looking and dashing young men. It seems odd that Reilly joined a cavalry unit when he did not seem to be an experienced horseman. @@SiobhanFallon7

He sure did. Thank goodness he managed to do so much in the little time he had!

I remember that!! It always stood out to me that Fred said he was the best looking officer. I think he was probably right 😍😉

Oh, so very good of you to say! Much appreciated. Please let me know what you think of others too if you get the chance 🙏

poor gal, she couldn't catch a break, a lifetime of loss :/

@@Defender78 You are so very right. So many deaths of the people nearest and dearest to her.

"and then on the way to Reily's funeral, her casket slipped off the hearse cart in the pouring rain, mildly injuring two pallbearers."

@Defender78 please tell me you are joking!! 😬🤣

What a wonderful message! Thank you! You made my day. I'll be putting up a new one in the next few days. Please let me know what you think 🙏

Tom and Boston is a great idea 💡 as is Fred Calhoun!! 🙌 I have had quite a few requests for Keogh so I really ought to get on the soon... ☘️

Oops, I meant James Calhoun, not Frederic.

@alemrich177 Little brothers are cool too!! 🤣

Thank you!!! 🎉 🥰

So good of you to say that. I don't want them to be forgotten. I appreciate you watching and letting me know these small stories are resonating with you!

You are wonderful. Thank you 🙏

Yay! Thank you for taking the time to comment! Hope to hear from you again soon!

Thanks, Nick 🤣

Indeed what a movie it would be!!! She definitely must not have thought of the dangers involved. Thank you for commenting!

Ha, yes 😬 🚁

Thank you so very much, Kim!! That is high praise coming from you. You have helped me with so much research over the years. 🙏📚

Thank you so much!! 🎉🎉🎉

Thank you!!

So very glad this resonated with you 🙏 Good to hear from you as always!

Oh you are wonderful! Thanks so much. Please continue to let me know what you think 🙏

@@SiobhanFallon7 am currently watching more episodes, you really flesh out the individuals personal histories and what befell them on that fateful day in June. I’m planning my second trip to the LBH this June . It’s such an evocative landscape and to actually stand on the ground and experience the terrain is most important in understanding the battle and how difficult the bluffs and undulating coulees were to defend. Thank you once again Siobhan - subscribed and kudos to you. Have a wonderful weekend.

@simonking5863 I hope you have a lovely weekend too! You probably know this already, but they are starting construction on the battlefield and the visitor's center so you might want to check the closing/ opening details as you plan your trip!

Why thank you!! 🎉🥰

Maeve, you are the best. Thank you 🥰💕

Thank you so much!!

Hurray, thank you!!!

You are too kind! Thank you so very much. I really enjoyed telling Reily's story.

Thank you, Scottie! I have been wanting to look into Reily's life for awhile and am so glad I finally did. The moms often get overlooked but their grief must have been tremendous.

Thanks so much for taking the time to chime in!

I know! the ring story is crazy!! And a small grace to his mother to have at least recovered that lasting part of her son.

That's what you get for such hubristic empire building. 😒

I agree, Jason. A true shock just as the celebration of the many successes of this country was taking place. Sobering for sure. And still so many mysteries to unravel...

@@SiobhanFallon7 What about Trump's psyche, or does he have one. 😄

Thank you!! I get comments that say I ought to hire a professional narrator and that's not something I can consider now. Though I know I blunder thru the accents 😬🤣

@@SiobhanFallon7 Hi ! Don't let anyone discourage you ! You're doing a great job ! If they can do it better, maybe they can try to start a KZfaq channel and prove it ! I hate to say this but some people don't appreciate anything ! I used to tell my men " If it was easy, someone else would be doing it " ✌️

@christopherfoster3744 😊 thank you! I do get more kind comments than critical. But yours is one of the best! 🙏

Very good of you to comment, Phil, thank you!!

Thank you!! Let me know what you think of other videos if you get the chance! 🙏

Peter!! How are you?? Very good of you to watch and comment!

@@SiobhanFallon7 All good here, thanks for asking. These videos are 🔥🔥🔥Keep 'em coming!

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Good work Siobhan very interesting as Myles Walter Keogh is my great grand uncle. Keep em coming from Blanchfield in Ireland.

@@blanchfieldcummins6452 I keep getting requests for Keogh!!

@@blanchfieldcummins6452 Over 30 Irishmen fell with Custer. Keogh's body was the only body not mutilated. Keogh's horse "Commanche" was the only survivor of the force left with Custer. Sgt Jeremiah Finley from Co.Tipperary was like Keogh a veteran of the US Civil War. Check out the movie "Son Of Morning Star" which gives a good idea of the combat of the battle. The Discovery Channel a number of years ago made a great documentary about the LBH in its "Battlefield Detectives" series. There was an excellent documentary about the battle by the BBC in its "Timeline" series.

@@johnroche7541 John, I plan to do a video about the many Irish in the 7th sometime soon! ☘️🇺🇸☘️

Thank you!!

Thank you!!!!

Thank you, Dustin! Always great to hear from you!

Thank you. One worth remembering. I love to look at the lives behind the battle. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment 🙏

Right? Tragedy seems to follow all these folks.

Hi! We lived in Carlisle but the Army recently sent us to Cyprus. Though when this tour is over I hope to make PA our permanent state. I love the area 😍

And I am so glad you found my channel too! Hope to hear from you again soon 🙏

@@SiobhanFallon7 You do a great video and I wish you guys the best .

Thank you, Rick!!

I would like to do one on an enlisted man soon. It's a little harder to find info and photos but I am working on it!!

Thank you! Your comments are making my day 🤗

Thank you so much!

Thanks Richard! I appreciate you watching and taking the time to write a thoughtful message here. Please let me know what you think of the rest! 🙏

I have since heard that it was Reily who pursued a place with the 7th CAV and that he was dating Col Sturgis' daughter Ella! But yes, why didn't his mom let him do his own thing? I'm sure she was haunted by the same thought 😢

@@SiobhanFallon7 Mrs. Johnson, later Febiger, was an interesting lady in her own right. She would have been an intriguing person with whom to speak. Indeed, her end was terribly tragic. She had one other son; however, he was an attorney, not an Army or Navy Officer.

@@zingwilder9989 I bet she was very ambitious. And her sons lived out that ambition for her. She married well so must have been charming. What a life!

Riley's mother would have definitely been referred to as a "helicopter Mother" today, of course The word helicopter wouldn't be coined for another 60 years. Maybe there was another term for that back then...

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Wow, thank you so much!!

He said that he became a good rider while on campaign.

ha ha! Poor guy. I wonder if he had to pass a cavalry riding test in addition to the written examination, and he at least knew the basics? I need to find out...

Yay thank you!

Wow. Where is that ring now?

I wish I knew, she lived with a family the government paid for her care in Indiana. She had come from the Dakota territory by cover wagon with her white trapper husband in the 1890's. My father said she hated the white man, and would say white man no good. Her grave just has US and a number.

@markhubanks3715 that's an incredible story. There have been historians who have tried to compile lists of all the people, Cheyenne and Sioux, present at the fight. Of course it is much easier to list the warriors as they spoke of their deeds afterwards, the Army was more interested in tracking the movements of warriors, etc. Have you tried to search for your great grandmother's name in connection to the fight? You might find she was related to warriors and could learn something there. I don't know much about it but how amazing to link your ancestry to such a pivotal moment in history. 🙏

@@SiobhanFallon7 I have names and places that were documented by the former Chancellor of McPherson University who did a very intensive study of our family tree which he is part of.

@markhubanks3715 that's wonderful! I am very happy to hear.

I have not but quite a few people have suggested that I do one on him soon! I will move him up the list!

Reno guessed that at night, June 25, 1876, he saw Lt Harrington tied to the stake and burned alive in the Indian village below. Harrington's body was never found or ID-ed. He is on my list for sure. Especially as his bereft wife, Grace, went out searching for him, not believing he was dead, and was gone for a long time until she was found broken and suffering from amnesia at a Western hotel (Denver maybe?). I do not know much about Nathan Short but will look him up. Great suggestions! Thank you so much! 🎉🙏

@@SiobhanFallon7 I do remember Reno spoke of Harrington. ( Thanks for the memory jog.) In case you didn't know. Walt Cross wrote Custer's Lost Officer. which is a look at a skull that the author believes is Harrington's. I don't remember if there is any Genetic evidence but he makes a good case for it belonging to Harrington. ... he also thinks he was the "Brave Officer" that a number of braves have spoke of. I am of the impression that the body count was never really correct and some fudging went on. It would be easy to understand some bodies could have been missed. Like the Finckle story... it sounds so plausable but the well known descriptions of him as a large German with an accent make it hard to reconcile Finkel's story. Thanks agin for your fine stories.

Word of mouth sources passed down (edited thru each person's personality) might still survive. But PC and Indian's who feel they're put-upon losers wouldn't tell anything objectively.

Yes! Is that when he dressed so beautifully ( or maybe his uniform was so tight and fitted) that everyone made fun of him? There is a great book about him, I think it's called The Irish Dragoon... edited by Brian Pohanka .... I'll check

Custer seemed to know a lot more about what was ahead then history gives him credit for. He was interviewed by a newspaper before he left and he said he was expecting a big fight, and more enemy then anyone else projected.

GAC had scads of experience in the movements of men and horses. He wasn't a fool. He was a former general in the Civil War and was knowledgeable in his craft.

Ha! 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you! He's a better writer by far, but I have better vision 😉 🧐

@@SiobhanFallon7 Mary Reno>Molly Bloom

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I know. She put her own hopes and dreams into her eldest son and the results were dreadful. Maybe he urged her to write Grant on his behalf? I certainly hope so. It still must have haunted her.

I'm interested to hear where you saw that he was 24 "with Custer," which I interpret to mean when killed at Little Bighorn. His 1870 US census record, taken in early June 1870, lists him as 16. His entries in the two Annual Registers of the Naval Academy when he was there both show that he joined the Academy in September of 1870 when he was 16 years and 9 months old. Thanks

yikes, I'll look that up. Math is not my strong suit but I did find that in an article about him. Thanks for the suggestions and your patience. I do always tend to get something wrong in these ;)

Want to provide some examples, please? Perhaps comparing what you see as a deficit in Custer against actions of other highly successful officers on the Army who continued to get the results their commandrrs asked of them? General Sheridan was pleased with Custer's results 🤷🏼‍♀️

Sounds like you could use some yourself!

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I would LOVE to do one on Vincent Charley. Thank you for suggesting him. Great idea. I will have to dig for info but he is now on my list 🙌🎉🙌