My husband is a history nerd and has done a lot of research on US military history. So he told me about what he has learned about the "lone survivor" and the COMPLETE story of the Little Big Horn, long after my eyes had glazed over. Here is what he has to say. Thomas Sowers had a lame horse, so he was indeed bringing up the rear of Custer's men. He was there, he saw what was taking place and turned around. He kept going. He disappeared for a while. Basically he was a deserter. Uh oh, my husband just appeared with a couple of big history books. He will continue to regale me with more information about this. (Sigh)
@tombstonesandtravel88055 ай бұрын
Stories Like this keeps history Interesting. I'm a little surprised that Your Husband had heard of Mr. Stowers. After I visited the cemetery I stopped at a little history museum near Lebanon Tennessee, and mentioned Mr. Stowers to one of the Volunteers who basically discarded everything except the part about the stone being place as stunt. He said records do indicate that Mr. Stowers was indeed at the Battle but all the other stories are basically tall tales. I took it that I was not the first person to ask him about Mr. Stowers and all of the stories associated with him.