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[@howardclegg6497]

You're living my dream. Religiously, Historicaly and then the gaming. GTCW! Don't know how you manage it all but I'm just glad you share it all with us.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Glad to have you along for the journey, Howard!

[@ryanmetalfan9173]

I've been to the Little Big Horn battlefield. Not going to lie, it was more of a whim thing than something I was truly interested in. I think it actually made me more interested in learning about different historical events and places. Then, your channel helped with that even more.

[@eknapp49]

The battlefield and the area around it are beautiful. But there are some interesting things about it. It is surrounded by the land of the Crow Agency. The Crow Agency Casino sits just down the hill from the battle site. Winning the country back one dollar at a time I guess.

[@pauld.6216]

Custer is the poster child for being remembered for your biggest and most colossal screw up regardless of whatever you may have accomplished before that.

[@dinoboy5483]

Benedict Arnold would like a word…

[@Deacon_20]

@@dinoboy5483well his wasn’t so much of a screwup but rather his breaking point of being unrecognized and others taking credit for his accomplishments.

[@wnchstrman]

​@@Deacon_20Being pissed because of getting shafted is one thing, but treason is another thing altogether.

[@speedracer2008]

In fairness, it’s debatable how much his actions before Little Bighorn were something to write home about, especially due to values dissonance.

[@nathanwoods9225]

​@@dinoboy5483Benedict Arnold was totally screwed over by Ethan Allen and one other officer (I forget the name off the top of my head it may have been Gates) and most likely wouldn't have turned coat if he had received the credit he deserved. Though I see what your point and please don't get it twisted I still recognize Arnold as a traitor.

[@canuckmuck5729]

I actually have an ancestor that served with Custer (not directly, in one of the other units so he didn't die at Big Horn). Glad to see you react to this.

[@dennypetrosian8589]

You always earn a like, brother, and some. You supply us with unlimited knowledge, you fill in the gaps of information, which is more important if you ask me. Going straight into your other video on Bighorn for a second time 👍

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Appreciate it, Deniss!

[@dennypetrosian8589]

@@VloggingThroughHistory of course, anytime, Chris 🙏

[@David-fm6go]

Custer was the impetus for me to learn about operational ranks versus regular Army ranks since he had seemingly been demoted, but it was just demobilization. The movie Ike: Countdown to D-Day with Tom Select came out a year or two later and it also demonstrates the concept in two different scenes.

[@mcwildstyle9106]

Custer has always been one of the most interesting characters of the Civil War I have ever looked into (mostly because he’s a fellow Ohioan). I love not only the fact that he basically led the charge against Clawhammer Witcher and his boys at East Calvary Field like a badass, but that he’s a Ohioan in command of Michiganders 😅😂

[@31terikennedy]

Yep but he moved to Michigan to get a better education. :D

[@mcwildstyle9106]

@@31terikennedy Yeah touche, touche

[@patttrick]

Read " Flashman and the Redskins" by George Macdonald Fraser . Flashman was the only white survivor of the battle.

[@31terikennedy]

@@mcwildstyle9106 Also notice that Custer got the job done with Michigan troops, not Ohioans. :D

[@mcwildstyle9106]

@@31terikennedy It's just funny to me but I love it lol. Wolverines!

[@royalgoose7646]

There is nobody in the world more proud of being an Ohioan than Chris. Or really that many that are proud of it at all

[@terryhiggins5077]

I'm a proud Ohioan, it's nice learning about my states history, especially since modern Ohio is more or less a forgettable joke as most of the US is concerned, where once it was important...ish lol

[@connoredward354]

@@terryhiggins5077 yeah I like Ohio

[@yankees512417]

Custer is the prime example of there being a fine line between bravery and stupidity.

[@hillaryhawker8096]

He lived in Monroe mi for much of his childhood and adulthood Monroe is about 15 miles north of the Ohio state line on lake Erie. The house he lived in as a adult is still up and I believe open to the public

[@sweetrocks610]

There’s a song by Slipknot called Custer, supposedly there’s some references to this battle, or could be an allegory for the battle of Little Bighorn, or for Custer himself. I havent looked to deeply at the lyrics, but I think it could be interesting to look at

[@InterstateKyle]

Recently found your channel. Really been enjoying the content and your input on things. Thank you for all the hard work and research you put into your reactions. Big thumbs up!

[@riptidemm8206]

I am honoured to share a birthday with you Chris xx

[@toxenzz]

My grandma took me to the Battle of Little Bighorn when I was young. I’ll always cherish that experience.

[@benspiers2604]

That seems a bit irresponsible, how did you survive? Who’s side were you on? How old are you??? So many questions.

[@toxenzz]

@@benspiers2604 In life, sometimes there are things best left unknown.

[@benspiers2604]

@@toxenzz 😂😂

[@olivermuntz7250]

you should consider reacting to Alternate History Hub's and Emperor Tigerstar's Summary of Harry Turtledove'sSouthern Victory Series. Its a book series about the south winning the civil war and the events afterwards up to ww2. Custer even becomes a general during ww1.

[@ianrwatson5974]

My third great grandfather, Sgt. Michael Caddel, was the supply sergeant for the 7th Cavalry under Custer. Little backstory on him was that he was an Irish immigrant of 16 in New York, ran away from home, joined the Union Calvary under Gen. Phil Sheridan (best Calvary commander in my opinion). Served in the Shenandoah and was at Appomattox Courthouse and remembers Gen. Lee riding up on a white horse to meet grant. Fast forward to Little Bighorn. He is in charge of supply for the detachment of the 7th under Custer and Maj. Reno. Said they were packing light and didn’t even have spades or pick axes. Was asked the day after the Bighorn Battle to lead the first patrol to find out what happened to Custer and the men who were with him. He knew every man in the regiment and can identify every man. He recalled that they were so scared that the Native Americans were going to finish off what was left of the detachment that they used their hands, spoons and mess kits to just cover the bodies with dirt. Helped ferry wounded out of there and down the Missouri River. He was brought back by the US government to re-bury the officers, namely Custer. And was brought back again to find all of the other men to bury under the obelisk that you see at the Little Big Horn. He was the one who knew where every man was burried. He did not care for Custer, he was a man trying to relive the glory days and got himself and several men under his command killed. As someone who is passionate about civil war history, Bighorn shows an excellent example of what Cicil War soldiers do when routed. Custer tried doing a tactic that he found successful in the past and didn’t anticipate the Native Americans learning. They learned to arm their women, so when they came charging in they responded quickly and with deadly effect routing both detachments, also that Custer had already divided his force three times. Most of the men in the 7th were veterans of the Civil War. If you are routed to fall back to the nearest high ground, set up two man pickets and consolidate your defense. Outnumbered, out gunned, and lightly supplied it was only a mater of time. Another personal story is that the night before, my grandfather’s best friend got a premonition that he was going to die and asked my ancestor to look after his widow. Sure enough his friend was killed at Last Stand hill and my grandfather married his friends widow. Wish the sadness ended there but his grandson, my great uncle, was captured at Bataan in the Philippines and was a POW during WW2 and was used as slave labor in Japan, was liberated and was on a flight on a bomber back to the Philippines when the plane flew into a storm and crash into a mountain on Formosa, killing all an board. In my family, Custer is seen as someone who was given way too much credit and led his men into an avoidable battle. Love your videos.

[@caedo7090]

I wish I knew my family history like that. My ancestors on my fathers side apparently came from Scotland to Kentucky shortly before the Civil War, and after that moved to Missouri. There are no soldiers or military people in my family that I know of, maybe I’ll break the cycle one day. On Custer, I think he was simply a man who did his job to excellent degree in his early years, and perhaps his later years, though his (perhaps warranted) overconfidence led to his fall. And now he is widely remembered for his greatest failure. I pity that. Great comment 👍🏼

[@sartanawillpay7977]

The only historical source for Custer's political ambitions, usually described as "wanting to be president ," was the later recollections of one of Custer's Arikara (Ree) scouts. He said that Custer spoke to them and said "When I am the great white father..." In the 1960s, popular historian Mari Sadnoz (based on this recollection) wrote that that Custer hoped to become president off the backs of a military victory against the Hostiles and it has been repeated so often it has become "common knowledge."

[@valmid5069]

At least Custer will be known for his service in the Union Army like the Battle of Gettysburg, having his last photo group taken by Gary Larson, and redeemed himself during the Battle of Smithsonian while being played by Bill Hader *...wait, hold up*

[@RoyFizzle]

YES! Love it when you do a video from Biographics

[@murdermyinsanity]

You need to do a reaction to Biophraphics video on John Rabe the “good nazi”. That one blew my mind

[@woodworkingDad64]

Love the tshirt uss wyoming! I’m in sheridan, about 30 mins south of the Custer battlefield. I’ve been there multiple times I would recommend a spring time visit. When the rolling hills are green and scenery is unbeatable!

[@bigthunderjohnson7595]

As much as I enjoy these elements of history, there are so many things that are overlooked and so much native history that is overshadowed by the indian wars. One event that is never really talked about happened to my own tribe in MT. The Baker Massacre or the Bear River Massacre, the starvation winters, or the fact that peace would not have been a thing in the west of Canada without our intercession in the rebellions of the Metis and the Iron Confederacy. I think that we feel forgot because we are over shadowed by the military history over the regional history.

[@eliastoone4162]

I live about 20 miles from where the Bear River Massacre happened It is incredibly infuriating that the only massacre that anyone really knows about today is Wounded Knee, and even that one is only really publicly known on account of the 1973 standoff between the feds and AIM there

[@bradleymcconnell470]

Older video I know but been binge watching on my days off. I was once asked to interview my great aunt 1900-2001 (she was about 90ish when I interviewed her) and she told me I was distantly related to Custer. She was pretty “sharp” even at her age but kind of cool. So I liked your video most either praise him too much or trash him too much. So thank you for being impartial. Which is why I love your videos.

[@jeffburnham6611]

There's been quite a bit of mystery surrounding the events of that day. Recently there was an archeological trip to the battlefield and many myt hs were proven to be false. It's not even speculation that Custer didn't know the size of the Sioux encampment: his scouts told him it was the largest they had ever seen. Certainly Custer's ego played into the massacre that happened but Reno was just as culpable and negligent.

[@charlotteb.7016]

Just went out of work... So please to see a new video. Saludos desde Madrid, España

[@TheShadowwarrior80]

One of the main reasons that Custer is remembered so fondly by the American people is because his wife went on a Public relations campaign on his behalf after the battle. She would ruthlessly attack anybody that spoke in contradiction to the narrative that she put forward.

[@toothclaw6985]

I've only been to Montana once recently. It was to dig up dinosaur bones. It was the time of my life, but I'd also love to visit the Little Bighorn battlefield. And enjoy a bison steak there.

[@Cega1985]

Kind of a weird day to drop a video about Custer. But I appreciate the info none the less, and your more critical look at him then the original video does

[@snbks4ever]

This is a topic I remember just being a footnote when taught in school so it's cool to see this more in depth take. Great video

[@freeforall825]

I lived 4 houses down from the Custer house in Fort Riley. I loved living there.

[@TheeGreyGadgets]

be careful what time of year you go, I remember going when I was little and all you could hear were rattlesnakes. went back a couple years ago in earlier summer and it was actually pretty nice.

[@historylover7355]

15:37 another reason picket is so remembered is he was the last division to get there. So he and his men were fresh, plus I believe he had the largest division of the 3 and he stayed back while the other 2 led from the front

[@robertstrommer2778]

Custer by Johnny cash is a banger. Was listening to it as you posted this!

[@Scott68377]

First time I ever went to a battlefield was last year and it was Little Big Horn. It is an amazing expierience. They have markers for where the dead had fallen white for American and Red for indian. There are a lot more white markers then red.

[@fabledbandito5322]

Listening to you talking about their rankings was very interesting! Would looking at the origins and the history of US military rankings be in your wheelhouse?

[@d3rod238]

Great Video! Can you do one on Huey Long Next?

[@BumblebeeGage]

Cool to see, I’m related (allegedly, my dad did some genealogy research but idk how much) to Custer, enough so that I have family in Texas who still have the last name. Definitely gonna have to look into later to see how directly.

[@swymaj02]

39:02 calling this guy Leonidas does a disservice to the OG Leonidas. he was protecting his ppl, this guy just straight up went into a government-approved war agaibst the OG ppl.

[@histman44]

Ha! I was born on the 4th. I went to the battlefield a couple years ago, at the height of the pandemic, so there was almost no staff at the park. I found it a bit surreal. The wind that swept the area at that time of year, that aside, it was also very quiet there. If you do go there, they DO NOT want any straying from the pathways so as to preserve the fields. I enjoyed my visit, even if no rangers were there for tours and information.

[@commando4481]

Your knowledge on the American civil war is incredible

[@darrenhood4033]

We have more big budgeted Hollywood movies about George Custer than we do about George Washington.

[@alwaysfourfun1671]

The battle at the Greasy Grass / the Little Big Horn is very overstated. It was just a surprise attack on an Indian village, whose ihabitants were trying to survive and maintain their right to be a native American. The most important event was actually the Crooke-Terry-Gibbon/Custer columns marching to ethnically cleanse the country from the original inhabitants. That a few white soldiers lost their lives in a battle was a small price to pay for all the wealth that could now be safely harvested.

[@christopherlheagy]

A good friend of mine, Jeff Davis, has written a couple books looking at Custer's family

[@sirsquabblesauce9442]

One of my relatives died on the Battle of Little Bighorn on the retreat from the valley.

[@lannkaizer8]

I saw u react to biographics I instantly watch haha. If I may recommend pls react to Sherman's march to the sea created by the same people of biographics

[@grass7665]

Hello ! I had a video series you may like being a fan of the Napoleonic Wars, Epic History TV’s 6 part series on Napoleon’s Marshalls all 26 of the,, as a fan of the Napoleonic Wars I thoroughly enjoyed the series and found it extremely informative and would love to see your thoughts on it :) !

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Haven’t done the whole series but I did several of them already

[@grass7665]

@@VloggingThroughHistory Oh cool, I’ll check it out ! Thanks for telling me.

[@chrisigoeb]

​@@VloggingThroughHistory would be so cool if you would continue the series. Epic history TV is such a good channel

[@macpalin4099]

I've rode the path of custers men. If you're out in Montana id love to show you around.

[@starwarsgenius1679]

This situation reminds me a lot of the Battle of Islawanda during the Anglo-Zulu War. It's not that the Indians had intended to attack Custer as the Zulus had done. The environment and the Natives vs Westerners aspect and the decimation of the Western armies and the spread of the battle over a given area and that they both happened near rivers and that the Western armies both lost commanders and that both armies viewed the natives as hostiles who needed to be removed/defeated are some similarities It rhymes

[@steveclarke6257]

Compared to Lord Chelmsford, Custer was a rank amateur in the getting your men killed by your poor decision commander; at least Custer had the guts to lead from the front and die with his men.

[@DopeCobraZz8]

First off I love your videos and secondly I want to learn more about my family's do you recommend any websites online for family trees?

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

familysearch.org is the best free site out there. ancestry would be the best paid site.

[@coxmosia1]

@@VloggingThroughHistory Hey Chris, fantastic as usual. I know you don't know this, but, back when you were in your early 20's or a teenager, there was a TV special about if Custer had lived through the battle of Little Big Horn. In this special, Custer was put on trial for the lost of so many of his men and Native Americans. By the time the trial was over, Custer had lost his mind and was just babbling orders to men already dead. His wife sits by him in a carriage, holding him and telling the driver to go home. It was an interesting special. I sincerely doubt you'll be able to find it anywhere, as it was so long ago.

[@moocake24]

As a Wyomingite, I appreciate your shirt. ❤️

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

My great grandfather served on the Wyoming.

[@moocake24]

Awesome! As an active duty Marine I tend to be the first Wyomingite most other Marines meet, so anything Wyoming-flavored is a point of pride for me.

[@sasha642]

Id love to meet you and yours when you come to Montana to visit custers battlefield..

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Absolutely! Would love that.

[@RicoRaynn]

I always found it interesting, at least in the military, how Custer became more of a cautionary tale vs the hero he longed to be. By all means, he possessed a fairly gifted tactical mindset, especially in offensive operations. He was charismatic and had an almost stupid level of courage. But he was also arrogant, lacked the ability to build common purpose or what we call 'commander's intent' these days, and tended to be more abrasive with his subordinate officers instead of earning their trust. And he was ALWAYS right. He could not accept any other criticism or take on new ideas to challenge his own. He also benefitted from the timeframe. The war and massive expansion west after, gave him the right environment to actually stay in the Army. He would have been booted otherwise more than likely. Even after his death, he received help from the propaganda machine because of what was going on at the time. He was held up as a martyr, fighting valiantly against the 'savages'. Which, after his widow passed away and the truth was revealed, was all a lie. My personal thoughts after 21 years as a US Infantryman, is that he was a tool who got good men killed because he always thought he was the 'smartest man in the room' and he had bought into the bullshit the papers were printing about him a little too much.

[@MrKawika64]

Have you analyzed the Iced Earth 3-part song "Gettysburg"?

[@ScipioAfricanus_Chris]

USS WYOMING! Appreciate the Navy representation.

[@davidboi6609]

A video suggestion Mr Beat's video on the religion of each US president, you may be able to explain why they would be that religion and religion in the US in general

[@Darin_Tomlinson]

Don't know if you'd be interested in reacting to this or not but it's called puppet history and it's kind of like a game show and it's really fun. It's on KZbin.

[@sergioventura2595]

Can you do the history of the O.K Coral gunfight?

[@yrnehbocaj2584]

I had 3 uncles who served under him in the 5th Michigan Calvary

[@collin1401]

Hey Chris, you should check out Extra Credit Easter Rising. The First episode dropped a few days ago.

[@abraxaszee8953]

I met a Sergeant First Class Custer once. I said “Death before surrender!” He replied “What the hell are you talking about Specialist?” I said that was the cavalry’s motto and his name was synonymous with cavalry. It was my first MOS.

[@Anonymoususer44569]

Biographies of Grant and Lee next!

[@EightinchesofSnow1010]

I'm from Monroe, Michigan. There is a small group of people who are trying to have the Custer statue removed due to his post civil war operations.

[@jeffersonott4357]

Any chance u would react to simons “into the shadows” channel, or “disturbian history’s” content. Disturbian is a Yorkshire fella who tells a great story, but these are both darker channels, but I really think Chris has a wonderful perspective, I’d rather watch these videos with him than by themselves.

[@fritoss3437]

You should look into the "Old Britannia" channel !

[@lovellprell4222]

When you come to our small part of the world, I recommend visiting the Fetterman fight and fort Laramie. I also recommend 2 sites in Casper WY, the historic trails center and Fort Casper. I may have some bias for these sites due to my family ancestry (Porier decendant).

[@motozealot5176]

21:19 GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 👀👀

[@yankeepapa304]

Colonel Sturgis was the nominal commander of the 7th Cavalry in 1876. In 1877 he was in the field against the Nez Perce. His son had been with the 7th as an officer on June 25, 1876 and was killed in action on that date. YP

[@bigrednado4341]

love it

[@JustSimonn]

This is really interesting, cause I found out I am actually related to George Custer through my fathers side. Really mind boggling to think about!

[@jeffmorrison6074]

I thought Simon did a very good job overall, however I kept getting distracted every time he mispronounced "Cheyenne" and "Arapaho".

[@phillee2814]

Yes, he is a very overconfident but clear script-reader, who is always sincere, whether he means it or not.

[@williamcross210]

and "Arikara"

[@NYMetsNo1]

I've been to his Gravesite at West Point.

[@davidleszczak5848]

Recommend the book Black Elk Speaks written by the cousin of Crazy Horse.

[@brettwillard8892]

Custer lived part of his life in Monroe Michigan, and that is why he claims it as his home, even though he was born in Ohio.

[@NeoAguni]

You should watch Warographics videos on Pickett's Charge.

[@gregdiamond6023]

Thank you for explaining how the ranking system worked. Brevet reg. army vol. army. It gets confusing. Would it be fair to say that the CW really muddied the system, thus causing confusion as to Custer’s rank at LBH? I’ve always heard people refer to him as General in 1876, rather than his actual rank of Lt. Col.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

They referred to him as general as a courtesy to his CW rank. It was pretty common to do that.

[@Phoenixryu]

Custer was also made to star in an Atari 2600 game! Though I don't recommend you look that up at work... Or at all...

[@user-ld4xx1el6q]

Check out the book "Lakota Dawn" written by my former supervisor and one of the leading Western Expansion historians of the 1990s. It has been since then that I worked for him, and I have forgotten his name. He interviewed descendants of the surviving Lakota to write the book.

[@kineuhansen8629]

is the attack not is not mentioned in night at the museum

[@stephenelberfeld8175]

In 1865, Custer commanded the West Virginia Brigade of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd West Virginia, I don't know what happened to the Michigan Brigade. The 1st West Virginia captured a lot of Confederate battle flags under Custer earning 45 medals of honor. He first ordered the 1st West Virginia to charge the cannon blocking Monterey gap on the night of July 4th, 1863 where Col. Capehart took the cannon and captured and burned many supply wagons and 1,100 prisoners in a driving rain where Custer ordered them to draw their sabres and not fire any shots.

[@Kringelbulle]

What is the practical point of having a peace time rank when you are only ever actually going to use the war time rank during real battle?

[@The_Highschool_Dropout]

If you get a chance could you do a reaction to the Sulieman the Magnificent and the Justinian & Theodora series by Extra History/Credits?

[@nickfisher8569]

I have a question. General McClellan, when I learned about him it seemed to me like he was an incredibly smart general but was too smart for his own good. Would you agree with that stance?

[@rogerdean5757]

Everyone lacks is the big picture of the 3 columns of the Army, Gen Crook from the south (Wyoming) attacked the Indians like a week earlier, June 17, 1876 battle of the Rosebud, and then retreated, then Custer and a few days later Terry/Gibbons columns from the north. I'm sure Custer had no idea what happen to Crooks column before, maybe with better communication between Crook & Custer the outcome might have been better. As Custer had leaned before, don't let the Indians scatter. Sounds like to me poor intel. Custers body was not badly mutilated like the rest.

[@murdockhancock1660]

Please do a blind response to this short video. "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Sitting Bull meets Colonel Miles" Cassius I think your opinion on such an aggressive scene would be of value

[@gggggggg3542]

While you can't argue about his bravery, the one thing that I remember about him was his incompetency on horseback............ he should never have been on a horse with a loaded gun in his hand. There is one account of him actually having to be rescued by another cavalryman because Custer actually killed his own horse by shooting it between the ears, killing it instantly

[@FearTheShadowz]

There is a statue of Custer in Monroe, Michigan, from the time he lived there with his wife Elizabeth. Recently the statue has been vandalized and discussion has been had on whether or not to remove it in the last few years. Though nothing has materialized

[@carolusrex5213]

I do think that is dumb, if we wanted to we could find a reason to remove anything representing any historical figure

[@jordanvangundy975]

This is like if the British held up the retreat from Kabul as a heroic moment for the British empire

[@4thamendment237]

Custer was 14 when he moved from Ohio to Michigan to live with his older sister.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

But then he went back to Ohio and taught school in Hopedale.

[@alexwest2573]

Can you react to the scene “China gets the bomb” from the documentary “Trinity and Beyond”?

[@abraxaszee8953]

Chris, I live in NE Ohio. I’d like to join you on one of your road trips some time.

[@attigator]

Could you react to Internet Historian’s videos?

[@gravypatron]

How do you graduate in the bottom of your class and get promoted to brigadier general? What was the top of the class promoted to? Starlord?

[@RDA000]

Interesting figure. They should make a video game of him

[@kevinmendoza3865]

Why was he killed in custody?

[@robertsandberg2246]

Is Libby, Montana named after Libby Custer?

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I don’t think so. I think it’s short for Libbystown and predates Custer’s presence in Montana.

[@navajoguy8102]

General Sherman was always an interesting character to me. I first learned about him when I was doing my own research about the removal of Navajo Indians in the 1860s around when the Civil War was still going on. He was part of some delegation that was supposed to make a new treaty after the Ft Sumter reservation was deemed a failure. By that point thousands of Navajos who were sent there died over four years of imprisonment. Union delegates even compared the conditions to Andersonville. He tried to get the Navajo leadership to agree to a resettlement to Indian Territory now Oklahoma. They insisted instead that the reservation should be within Traditional Navajo homelands and he relented. For a while he was held within pretty good regard for Navajo leaders. Though I later learned it was pretty unusual because it was a contrast to how he negotiated with the Plains Tribes. Where he was far less flexible, more treacherous. I'd argue he was genocidal.

[@ToddSauve]

I think all of the civil war generals' hearts grew harder and harder the longer they lived, being employed to kill people for the government.

[@mattdillon16]

His face wasn't in the thumbnail so I thought it was just regular ole biographics

[@Jameswebbtelescope7484]

Can you react to kings and generals Korean War? Or the time when America invaded Russia

[@crazybeatlefan]

Custers family killed at Bighorn, Tom Custer, Boston Custer and nephew Autie Reed

[@lucaskroneman9498]

If I am remembering correctly from my visit, the reason the Sioux refused the Supreme Court payout is the same reason that all government funding for Crazy Horse monument has been refused

[@ToddSauve]

The Lakota refused the payout because they simply want the Black Hills back. I don't think that will ever happen. So it is at an impasse. An ugly place to be at with citizens of your own country. What a meat-headed and evil decision it was to steal the Black Hills at gun point and through starvation. 🤷‍♂