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Jul 21, 2015 10:40:20 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2015 10:40:20 GMT
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Jul 21, 2015 19:11:13 GMT
Post by Beth on Jul 21, 2015 19:11:13 GMT
It is of general interest but I think it is one of those links that are so useful, it needs to be in a special place. I will start an area for helpful and important links like for this one and the link put up yesterday for all the military manuals. Both links are too useful to get lost.
Beth
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Jul 21, 2015 19:39:40 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2015 19:39:40 GMT
Beth, Thank you. Best, c.
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Jul 21, 2015 19:53:29 GMT
Post by royalwelsh on Jul 21, 2015 19:53:29 GMT
The RCOI sounds like a post-1876 event to me.
RW
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Jul 21, 2015 20:59:52 GMT
Post by deadwoodgultch on Jul 21, 2015 20:59:52 GMT
RW,
Indeed it is but it is referred to all who find fault with Reno, Benteen, and Custer. It should be readily available to all.
Regards, Tom
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Jul 21, 2015 22:01:17 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2015 22:01:17 GMT
The RCOI sounds like a post-1876 event to me. RW Yes RW, absolutely. But it refers to the time frame significantly (imo). I'm not sure if you meant wrong place to post it or should not be here at all. Best, c.
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Jul 21, 2015 22:25:06 GMT
Post by royalwelsh on Jul 21, 2015 22:25:06 GMT
Chris,
That's where I would put RCOI threads - post-1876 event section.
Cheers, RW
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jul 21, 2015 23:51:41 GMT
Darn fastidious Brits.
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Jul 22, 2015 0:12:59 GMT
Post by Admin1 on Jul 22, 2015 0:12:59 GMT
Let the discussion begin.
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Jul 22, 2015 0:51:26 GMT
Post by Beth on Jul 22, 2015 0:51:26 GMT
Was Reno's request for an Inquiry unusual?
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Feb 13, 2016 18:05:52 GMT
Post by deadwoodgultch on Feb 13, 2016 18:05:52 GMT
Beth, No, some officers and EM have even requested an AG investigation or CM to clear their name. Rare, but not unusual.
Regards, Tom
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Feb 13, 2016 18:17:05 GMT
Beth, A few excerpts for you.
"Lieutenant Luther R. Hare, Scouts: "If Reno had continued to advance mounted, I don’t think he would have got a man through: the column would not have lasted five minutes. His dismounting and deploying was all that saved us."
Captain Myles Moylan, A Company: "In my judgment if he [Reno] had continued to charge down the valley he would have been there yet. In my judgment the command, without assistance, would have been annihilated in the timber. If the Indians had followed and closed in on the retreat to the bluffs the same result would have followed."
Sergeant Culbertson, G Company: "If the skirmish line had not been retired, or had been held out there three minutes longer, I don’t think anyone would have gotten off the line. I don’t think Major Reno could have held the timber but a very few minutes.
Lieutenant George D. Wallace, G Company: "I think Reno did the only thing possible under the circumstances. If we had remained in the timber all would have been killed. It was his duty to take care of his command and to use his best judgment and discretion.
Lieutenant Charles A. Varnum, Scouts: "The position in the timber was as good as any place on the left bank. But I don’t think we had enough men to hold it and keep the Indians out of it. The front was good; but I don’t know about the rear. At the time the move was made a great many bullets were dropping into the woods from the rear."
Lieutenant Charles De Rudio, A Company: "I saw no indications of cowardice on Reno’s part; nor any want of skill in the handling and disposition of men. When he halted and dismounted I said, “Good for you,” because I saw that if we had gone 500 yards further we would have been butchered."
Lieutenant L. R. Hare, Scouts: "Major Reno stayed in the timber till all hope of support from Custer had vanished. I think the reason we left was because if we stayed much longer, say twenty minutes, we could not have gotten out at all.... I can only estimate his conduct by the way it turned out. I think his action saved what was left of the regiment."
Captain F. W. Benteen: "When I received my orders from Custer to separate myself from the command I had no instructions to unite at any time with Reno or anyone else. There was no plan at all.... The reason I returned was because I thought I would be needed at the ridge. I acted entirely upon my own judgment. I was separated from Reno fifteen miles when at the greatest distance.... My going back was providential or accidental or whatever you may be pleased to term it."
Regards, Tom
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Feb 13, 2016 19:05:07 GMT
Post by Beth on Feb 13, 2016 19:05:07 GMT
Thanks Tom
Reading those comments made me think how alone and abandoned they must have felt in the Timber
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Feb 13, 2016 20:22:15 GMT
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Post by BrevetorCoffin on Feb 13, 2016 20:22:15 GMT
Thanks Tom Reading those comments made me think how alone and abandoned they must have felt in the Timber Add in terrified. Still do not understand why some still think Reno's support was just 15-20 minures away and Benteen would just "join" Reno in the Timber without a thought in the world as to how Benteen would take 115 men across 2.5 miles of open prairie and, of course, 500-900 NA's would part like the Red Sea. Other option was to follow Custer's route but now ride down steep inclines, cross a fast flowing river and climb 6-10 foot banks on the opposite side. Now about those same 500-900 NA's and the pack train? Best, David
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Feb 13, 2016 20:36:29 GMT
Post by Beth on Feb 13, 2016 20:36:29 GMT
Thanks Tom Reading those comments made me think how alone and abandoned they must have felt in the Timber Add in terrified. Still do not understand why some still think Reno's support was just 15-20 minures away and Benteen would just "join" Reno in the Timber without a thought in the world as to how Benteen would take 115 men across 2.5 miles of open prairie and, of course, 500-900 NA's would part like the Red Sea. Other option was to follow Custer's route but now ride down steep inclines, cross a fast flowing river and climb 6-10 foot banks on the opposite side. Now about those same 500-900 NA's and the pack train? Best, David Exactly--when Custer went to the bluffs, he created all of the chaos that followed--and perhaps also sending Reno out too early to charge the village without knowing the actual size and location of the village. Even then the situation was probably rectifiable until Custer swung up onto the bluffs and effectively broke off the ability to have timely communication with the rest of his regiment When you think of it, it really is just a serendipitous moment that anyone survived the battle.
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