LEGENDS OF THE OLD WEST | Little Bighorn Ep3: “Reno’s Charge”
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- čas přidán 21. 09. 2021
- LEGENDS OF THE OLD WEST presented by Black Barrel Media. After the Battle of the Rosebud, the Native American village moves to the valley of the Little Bighorn River. Custer leads the Dakota column as it follows the trail of the village. General Terry leads the Montana column with the hope of trapping the village between the two armies. But everything changes when the village discovers Custer’s command. Custer orders a spontaneous attack and the Battle of the Little Bighorn begins.
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Been waiting all week for this,custer was my hero when i was a wee nipper.not anymore your showing him for what he is.
Me too. He was a murdering SOB.
Your first guess was correct. Don't believe nonsense like this.
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Couldn’t agree more. I’ll add to that-an arrogant SOB as well.
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It is hard to admire Custer. BUT his previous experience showed that his splitting his force was a tactic with a good chance of success. Part of the problem of the man (and many other military leaders ) is that failure is inconceivable for him. I believe it is inculcated at the beginning of an officer's career. I believe an essential element is training for success but training for failure is just as important. At what point in the battle did Custer reach the point of no return? We can't know if he recognised it himself.
I love this series. But there were a lot of inaccuracies with the account of the battle. Such as Reno’s alcohol use. And the assignment of “wings”. Among other things.
When Custer was told "don't be greedy"and his response was "no I will not".what do you think he ment?.He'd not do as he s told or no I will not be greedy_--- 8 minutes in
You missed a sentance between the two you quoted. Wait for us said gibbons
Custer's attack was supposed be a simultaneous four prong assault. That's what he did at the Washita and that was the LBH plan.
Reading "Troopers With Custer" by E. A. Brininstool copyright 1952 no indication is given of Major Reno using alcohol during the battle. The author evidently interviewed survivors in the 1920's. Trooper William C. Slaper and Captain Benteen remain adamant pertaining to the absence of alcohol. I wasn't there and I am telling what I have read.
You bring up a fine point. We're never going to know the whole truth. I'm not trying to be a jerk cause I love this podcast but so many times I'd like to know all the sources. Sometimes we hear who said/wrote/ claimed what. But the Reno drinking business is a perfect example of there being no real attribution to it. Also it suggests if he had not been drinking he might've completed the charge and won or something? Maybe the guy wasn't the ideal soldier but like so many of us he was definitely at the mercy of bureaucracy and bullshit. But unlike us he was fighting for his life at the same time. I'm not being an apologist for anyone. I'm pointing out how this was a recipe for disaster. Thanks for mentioning the book. I will look for this.
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It was only the greesey grass river after the battle when the Indians were walking through the battle field and said all the blood made the grass feel greesey at least this is what I was told
Live by the sword, die by the sword. Custer was a good battlefield general. It takes a degree of arrogance to be a good commander. Lack of information was the downfall of the 7th. The same arrogance that made him a hero got him killed. To a true warrior an honorable death in battle is the best you can hope for.
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Great podcast! Normally, we hear the exploits of great Generals of epic fame. Custer, on the other hand, and this podcast aptly illustrates, was an ego-driven fool with dreams of grandeur! And, his troops were hopeless under his command.
One thing is.... getting anywhere near the Indians would mean they would see you !!!! No doubt about it.
You got a couple things wrong. Things that were settled years ago
The hunkpapa Lakota sioux war leader. Chief gall lost his wife and young daughter in the Reno battle. Chief gall fought hard to drive the us soldiers in full retreat across the battlefield! Then he want to fight against custers seventh calvery regiment on last stand Hill were the place became famous custers last stand against thousands of warriors! Chief gall's final battle was the battle of the popular river January 2nd,1881 the us soldiers fired at the frozen hunkpapa and Oglala Lakota sioux encampment over an hour to the surrounding hills were the Lakota were hiding. Eight innocent Lakota sioux people were dead on the frozen battle field! The Lakota finally surrendered in a scared walk to meet the us soldiers who were waiting for them! Chief gall look like a old Roman General when he handed his weapon to the American commander. The soldiers made the poor Lakota sioux people walk in sub - zero temperatures to fort Burford ND were the Lakota people became prisoners of war. Chief gall later will live a peaceful on the standing rock sioux Indian reservation of South Dakota.
By all accounts Gen. Terry did not know Gen. Crooke left the field, yet when Terry sent Custer up the Rosebud to its head, he did not give coordinating instructions for what should have been an expected meeting between Custer and Crooke. Did Terry really not know of Crooke's fate while sitting on his HQ steamer on the Yellowstone? The Yellowstone provided an efficient line of communication vastly superior to overland messengers.
Captain Benteen expected to lead the assault over Major Reno? I don't think so. It is more likely that Benteen was irritated that he was about to tire his tired horses further just before a Cavalry battle.
You omitted testimony that Custer waved his hat at Reno from the bluff. During twenty years of military service, I never observed or heard of soldiers waving to other soldiers in an operation, except as a method of signaling. What possible signal could Custer have been making when he waved his hat at Reno? Charge through the village, don't form skirmish lines? Custer likely expected Reno's impending defeat the second Reno deployed to skirmish lines.
These always are a result of two or three factors . Ego and pride , distrust and envy and over confidence . The British at Isandlawana in 1879 would do exactly the same thing when Chelmsford split his command in enemy territory without proper scouting or even worse , not listening to his scouts ( both did not listen to their scouts ). It is made worse because Reno hated Custer , Custer hated Reno and Benteen hated the both of them . That makes for really bad command . It took the American Indians up to 1876 to finally " Bury the Hatchet " and work together ! Should have done it 100 years before , less whites . Could imagine America being controlled by a people who care more about the land above the ground than the gold beneath it ? The Buffalo was the Walmart of the plains ! We decimated them for their tongues ! We took their land and their food supply but it was their pride we could not take ! " One promise the white man kept , he promised to take our land " , Chief Joseph ?
I think that was Red Cloud.
Reno retreat is what this should be called but a coward who lives can make history what it is by living while real heros die
Custer was no hero. He was a murdering, arrogant piece of crap who got what he deserved.
More BS