Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2021 14:20:48 GMT
And that is that. This was, as some may have noticed, quite a bit of work to do. Especially transferring the stuff from my computer to the board due to the rather primitive nature of the editing available on the board. (Not a real criticism, but making tables was much more work to me than it was worth, especially when I wanted to display the COAs in column together instead of in a long list.
I wish I had thought to include COA # OTHER in every thread.
I would have liked to see more people participate, but it looks like a lot of people read each post and I could sometimes watch the numbers go up and down before my eyes.
I like the way we largely stayed on topic and there were more instances of attacking positions rather than people.
I was a little hesitant about doing this because I had not been to the battlefield and opininos based on examination of the ground are more informed than just map/photo based ones.
I perhaps worried too much about the location of events and where I located them. I was hoping for correction, because grid coordinates, even if they are wrong, tell someone where people think happened rather than referring to locations by name or some other method like "the flats", "the morass", etc. which may not appear on a map or even be present anymore.
Still, I thought it was an interesting effort and it clarified some of my thinking. I doubt if it changed any one's opinion, just like as of right now, I would still advocated an attack across Ford B and I don't think I would have gone for Ford D. I don't know that I would have followed Terry's order to ignore the direction of the trail. It would be interesting to see what Custer's reaction would have been had he discovered the Rosebud battlefield and what his tactical choices would have been then. Perhaps the battle would not have happened at all. The Indians would have moves West or Southwest, evading all three columns, and then scattered, leaving visible trails, but still would have had a mobility advantage over the Army force.
Many unknowns, all of which make study of the battle interesting.
Thanks for participating.
I wish I had thought to include COA # OTHER in every thread.
I would have liked to see more people participate, but it looks like a lot of people read each post and I could sometimes watch the numbers go up and down before my eyes.
I like the way we largely stayed on topic and there were more instances of attacking positions rather than people.
I was a little hesitant about doing this because I had not been to the battlefield and opininos based on examination of the ground are more informed than just map/photo based ones.
I perhaps worried too much about the location of events and where I located them. I was hoping for correction, because grid coordinates, even if they are wrong, tell someone where people think happened rather than referring to locations by name or some other method like "the flats", "the morass", etc. which may not appear on a map or even be present anymore.
Still, I thought it was an interesting effort and it clarified some of my thinking. I doubt if it changed any one's opinion, just like as of right now, I would still advocated an attack across Ford B and I don't think I would have gone for Ford D. I don't know that I would have followed Terry's order to ignore the direction of the trail. It would be interesting to see what Custer's reaction would have been had he discovered the Rosebud battlefield and what his tactical choices would have been then. Perhaps the battle would not have happened at all. The Indians would have moves West or Southwest, evading all three columns, and then scattered, leaving visible trails, but still would have had a mobility advantage over the Army force.
Many unknowns, all of which make study of the battle interesting.
Thanks for participating.