Gettysburg Ties to the Battle of the Little Bighorn- with LBG Jim Hessler

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Gettysburg Ties to the Battle of the Little Bighorn- with LBG Jim Hessler

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2 жыл бұрын

**ORIGINALLY AIRED ON PATREON IN MARCH OF 2021. Patrons get this show and many more when they're new as a thank you for their support. Be thanked like them. Become a patron at / addressinggettysburg **
Jim Hessler and I love the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Sometimes, we need a palate-cleanser from all this Gettysburg-stuff and, so, I invited Jim on to talk about Gettysburg connections to the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Several officers who served with the 7th Cavalry were veterans of the Battle of Gettysburg, most famously, of course, was General Custer, but another name that many know is that of Myles Keogh, who served on Buford's staff here at Gettysburg. There are others too. You'll just have to watch.
**EDITING NOTE: You'll notice cuts in the conversation, I think about 4. That's because of the computer issues we had at the time. The audio version found on Patreon does not have these cuts.

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@carbinephantom 2 жыл бұрын

Dude , Jim is the s**t! Love his takes on the history, brother. Those who don’t know the real Custer are missing out.

@addressinggettysburg 2 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@theclayfeet Жыл бұрын

Fabulous!! Great questions and Jim Hessler rocks!! Those visiting Little Big Horn MUST also include a side trip to Fetterman Massacre site (only about an hour south) near Sheridan, WY!!

@addressinggettysburg Жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening!

@heynowls3058 2 жыл бұрын

Jim Hessler. Always good. Never fails. Thanks.

@addressinggettysburg 2 жыл бұрын

Yessir

@heynowls3058 2 жыл бұрын

Getting one of Little Big Horn books ASAP. Rekindled the interest. Well done!

@chrissmoot7038 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this. To bad, that no one can do a Battle of San Juan Hill podcast!

@addressinggettysburg 5 ай бұрын

I’m sure someone will, someday.

@Hawkdoc 2 жыл бұрын

What a great way to reinvigorate interest in Custer and the Little Bighorn. You and Hessler were very enjoyable to listen to. I guess I'll have to dive back in to this whole thing again now. Thanks a lot (sarcasm)!

@addressinggettysburg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. LBH is one of my favorite palette cleansers

@alexamerling79 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff! Little Bighorn is a big fascination of mine.

@addressinggettysburg Жыл бұрын

Same here! (Obviously).

@Sheilamarie2 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE Custer!!! Great theme... Thank You!

@addressinggettysburg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. That theme is from a miniseries called Som of the Morning Star. I can only find it on KZfaq but it’s good. Great book too

@jonathansparks7558 2 жыл бұрын

Custer and his wife Libby spent some time in Elizabethtown Kentucky after the Civil War

@addressinggettysburg 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah? Was he assigned there or were they just traveling?

@philspaugy1756 2 жыл бұрын

Good evening men

@addressinggettysburg 2 жыл бұрын

Evening

@gijoe508 2 жыл бұрын

I want to hear him talk The Alamo, I love Gettysburg, Little Bighorn and the Alamo

@addressinggettysburg 2 жыл бұрын

That might be a fun palette cleanser for Patreon

@mikedavis2710 2 жыл бұрын

Saw a bumper sticker years ago with a pic of Sitting Bull “Custer had it coming…”. Great show, very interesting. According to IMBD the low ratings of the Son of the Morning Star mini series led ABC to pull the plug on funding for The Killer Angels, subsequently picked up by Ted Turner and TNT

@addressinggettysburg 2 жыл бұрын

That’s funny you mention that. I was just reading an article about the movie in the Civil War Times. The issue was from the 90s. I learned that fact about ABC just a few days ago in that article. Funny how things work like that.

@jamiecain4020 Ай бұрын

on the rifle reliability issue. how would the extractor failure arguments fit in with combat stress, dirt, black powder, and slamming the cover in a hurry or to get the shell out. stomp on a m16 charging handle with a "really stuck" case will cause extractor failure.

@addressinggettysburg Ай бұрын

I’d guess it all factored into it

@TM-vq1bf 2 жыл бұрын

Audio is choppy

@addressinggettysburg 2 жыл бұрын

In which part?

@TM-vq1bf 2 жыл бұрын

@@addressinggettysburg before 29 minutes . Maybe that was just the live feed

@TM-vq1bf 2 жыл бұрын

@@addressinggettysburg doesn’t sound bad on the relisten… good show

@jonathansparks7558 2 жыл бұрын

Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse spanked the fuck out of Custer

@addressinggettysburg 2 жыл бұрын

They did indeed

@Drewpeanuts1 Жыл бұрын

Why do you say “we” stole the black hills? Who is “we”? I hate that people collectively assume responsibility for things like this. We weren’t here. Evidently the Indians couldn’t defend it and it was taken cry me a river

@addressinggettysburg Жыл бұрын

Seriously? Out of two hours THAT’S what you hone in on?

@Drewpeanuts1 Жыл бұрын

It’s much easier to find something I disagree with or wasn’t entertained by in two hours than the opposite. It’s a very good podcast host and guest chill

@Eadbhard 6 ай бұрын

This is good. Some details about the battle were not discussed but, overall, this is a damn good discussion about the Little Bighorn. There are a few errors - for example, there were very few Arapaho Indians at the Little Bighorn; in fact, if I remember aright, I don't believe there were more than six Arapaho warriors in the battle - hardly a whole tribe.

@addressinggettysburg 6 ай бұрын

Are you referring to the “Arapaho Five”?

@Eadbhard 6 ай бұрын

@@addressinggettysburg Yes, though I never heard these five warriors referred to as such. But there were only half-a-dozen or so Arapahos in the Little Bighorn village on June 25, 1876. My facts might be slightly askew, but I believe these 5 Arapahos were actually detained in the village. The Sioux and Cheyenne thought they might've been scouts for the Bluecoats. When the Seventh Cavalry attacked their camp, the Sioux practically forced these five warriors to fight - perhaps to prove they were not actually scouts for the U.S. Army? In any event, the five Arapahos did fight in the battle, albeit reluctantly. A couple - maybe more - were killed, and I think one of them - in the chaotic frenzy of battle - accidentally killed a Sioux warrior, or he was killed by a Sioux warrior. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the source of this information. Were it not so, I'd better be able to provide you with more intrinsic details. Be that as it may, one thing is for certain: the Arapahos, as a tribe, were not present at the Little Bighorn; it was just a few Arapaho warriors, and they were not there voluntarily.