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Post by deadwoodgultch on Aug 24, 2018 13:11:17 GMT
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colt45
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Post by colt45 on Aug 25, 2018 1:27:29 GMT
Interesting read on Brisban's letter to Godfrey. It reinforces what we knew/suspected about Custer's state of mind reference the campaign. It supports the notion that Custer might have intended to attack the morning of the 26th, before Terry and the rest could be of any assistance, but he had no problem attacking on the 25th, as the discovery of the tack box by the Indians just gave him an excuse to attack early in order to be the hero of the day, keeping Terry's column out of the action.
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Post by yanmacca on Aug 25, 2018 18:19:44 GMT
Well giving that he knew what he was going to be facing, Custer must have had great faith in the idea that the Indians would simply run away, or he was simply a lunatic.
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colt45
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Post by colt45 on Aug 26, 2018 3:22:31 GMT
I think he may have been reading his own press releases too much. Pure hubris.
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Post by yanmacca on Aug 26, 2018 13:40:37 GMT
I have always thought that the he was so famous all over the world because of his name, Custer, I mean how many Custer's are famous, his name is unusual and everybody has heard of him.
We use to call him General Custard when we were kids.
I wonder if he would be so famous if his name was George Smith, just think of it, General George Smith and his 7th cavalry got massacred at the battle of the little big horn.
Now we have all heard of the battle of the little big horn, but Custer's is more famous then the battle.
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