Battle of the Rosebud, Episode 2

In episode 2, General Crook halts along the Rosebud after his Crow and Shoshone scouts discover Sioux war parties to the north. However, General Crook get the post-Civil War surprise of his life as the Sioux and Cheyenne warriors descend on his camp.
The Army and native auxiliaries stabilize the situation until Crook divides his force. What ensues is bloody and chaotic fighting and we will see that in Episode 3.
This is an interesting battle to study, which took place just a week before the Battle of the Little Bighorn

[@dsbmwhacker]

I grew up near the old Fort Custer. In 1967, at 12 years of age, my friend and I discovered the garbage dump from the fort in a coulee to the East. We had previously located the rifle range and collected many cartridges, slugs and even some live rounds. The dump was a treasure trove of old boot pieces, uniform shreds, bottles, dinner ware, many uniform buttons, and on rare occasion, a "US" Belt Buckle. The "US" Buckle was the most sought after treasure. We filled a few cardboard boxes of "loot" that Summer. We were family friends with the landowners so had an open invitation to go up whenever we wished. Sadly, when the road up the bluff was improved in the 70's, the dump site was buried in a "fill" location for the new road alignment.

[@jeffclark7888]

Excellent! An adventure!

[@gamallsdokkalfs7253]

Very well done! Your descriptions, maps and actually battlefield walks help me understand the battles as if I were there. I like the comparison you make between yourself and CPT Marcus Reno IRT libations. :)

[@patchdriver7911]

This is the best documentary on the Battle of the Rosebud I have seen! Your use of satellite images of the battlefield overlayed with images of company positions complete with company officer names make the complex battle more understandable. I appreciate the addition of ground level topography pictures that compliment the satellite images and narration.

[@andrewcanady6644]

Hahah 16:05 🍻 Thanks for taking us there, Sir. Appreciate it. I’m reading about all these battles for school now. Respectfully, A. Canady, USN Ret.

[@janupczak1643]

This is the best video series I've ever seen on this subject! Your comprehensive and easy to follow narrative enabled me to see this in a way I never could before. I've read about this battle so so many times, but you took me there and helped me see. Thank you.

[@KernowekTim]

This is the way to teach military history regarding skirmishes and battles. Bravo. Thank you. Subscribed with pleasure.

[@paulnienhaus5359]

Great Job! I visited this battlefield alone around 1984, had the whole place to myself. To bad I hadn’t seen a very informative study like this one, I would have been better oriented about positions etc. Keep up the good work.

[@steveturner9597]

Great documentary. Realize communication was difficult but it seems like Custer by dispatch should have had knowledge of Crooks fight on the Rosebud with a large force of Warriors.

[@PRCoolBreeze]

Great stuff....glad the algorithm brought me hear.

[@gator83261]

Just watched it again, great video.

[@redswingline262]

I'm learning quite a bit from your series

[@paulnienhaus5359]

Great job. I visited the battlefield around 1986. I had the whole place to myself. Quite an experience, it’s big and hasn’t changed much. Really enjoyed your presentation. Many Thanks.

[@SmokinLoon5150]

Excellent review. Thanks for sharing.

[@danielvanmol5655]

The same here. You can read 10 books on Waterloo, but only when you have boots on the ground you can understand the way the battle went and why.

[@mab4670]

Excellent video! My family and I visited Rosebud Battlefield State Park in July 2023. We watched your video series on the battle before visiting the battlefield and it helped guide us to what we were seeing. The battlefield is huge and unlike Little Bighorn National Monument, there are few interpretive signs at Rosebud.

[@matthewbailey6206]

I just found you on You Tube, and I'm in "hog heaven". Your presentations and narratives are brilliant! The maps, the photos, and the occasional animations of old photos add such depth to the accounts. I will recommend you to some history buff friends of mine. I can't wait to see your series on the Battle of the Bulge.

[@sgtboz9730]

"The fighting Sioux. 8 time National Champions!" That was brilliantly funny. Thank you for that.

[@MilitaryHistory317]

I am glad somebody enjoyed the brief diversion!

[@jeffclark7888]

The great North Dakota men’s hockey team. But a couple of years ago their nickname was changed from the “Fighting Sioux” because of “racism”. Haaaaaaaa! Preposterous.

[@pinchevulpes]

@@jeffclark7888 considering how racist North Dakota has historically been towards its indigenous people it was definitely the right move.

[@jeffclark7888]

@@pinchevulpes you think so?

[@pinchevulpes]

@@jeffclark7888 that’s not a debate that’s fact. There was many Jim Crow laws that extended from the Dakotas all the way to Minneapolis. The American Indian movement was born from that hatred, yeah absolutely buddy!

[@dannygreenii5611]

This is effing gold!!!!..... Thank you for bringing in the geo-facts of this battle. I have struggled for all of 40 years and many x vi as it too s as I'd battlefield to get as grasp on it. I sooooo.... Look forward to episode 3. Kudos sir!!!!!...... 😁😁😁😁

[@MilitaryHistory317]

My pleasure! If all goes well, I will have 3 out by Sunday night. This is a fascinating battle.

[@Iginihechanska]

Thank you.

[@johnzajac9849]

Seeing the actual terrain gives the viewer an idea of how clearly both warring sides could see what the other side was up to.

[@johnmule9419]

This entire series is so outstanding on so many levels I don't know where to start! Fantastic narration. The visuals and music draw you in and are fascinating. Great job sir!

[@bretthines1020]

“Scheme of Maneuver” Now you’re talking my language. GO ARMY! Airborne!

[@MilitaryHistory317]

"All the Way!"

[@Karl43Hungus]

Awesome work and effort. Thank you!

[@timferryA1]

Well done!

[@ken0272]

very good!

[@woof3598]

just back from the Little Big Horn, bummed that you couldnt walk the fields but understood completly

[@collectivesartori]

Brilliant work. Nothing like being there….

[@chriscapehart7394]

Good job,I enjoyed this very much!

[@Creedbunman65]

No one "wins" the medal of honor it is awarded.

[@MilitaryHistory317]

Duly noted. This is from www.cmohs.org/medal/faqs. In the past, “Winner” might have been used, but out of respect for those who currently wear the Medal, please use the term “Recipient.” As best I can tell, there was no singular point when the shift occurred, but evidently, it changed gradually in the post-Vietnam War era.

[@pimpompoom93726]

Great information, thanks!

[@user-vo8fr5cv1s]

Excellent

[@woof3598]

some one didnt like a marker

[@curtismes]

You need to get back there and redo this without fog...excellent video!

[@highpower3006]

I enjoy your history series very much. I do feel that your documentary would be better without the extremely loud music playing over the narration. I find it to be a distraction in what is otherwise an excellent production and it makes it hard to hear what you are saying.

[@michaellarson938]

I agree . This is great. How did you get some of those pictures to move life like as if they were filmed with a moving pictures camera?.

[@MilitaryHistory317]

Hi Michael. You can "animate" any old photo on myheritage.com, which is owned by Ancestry.com

[@nathanfisher1826]

Great job

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Subbed.

[@joeritchie4554]

That is some really rough country, but very beautiful. I cannot understand how stupid some of our military leaders could be. I haven't been in the military, but I have studied and learned enough that you never, ever divide your force in the face of the enemy.

[@mikehunt-fx7sf]

Awesome.

[@fixento]

When did the human trash deface the monument and why hasn't it been repaired.

[@rickc661]

good stuff. very minor pt , a few words on the size of the streams .... rosebud wa 2 ft deep, 6 ft across, Little Bighorn was 5 ft deep, 20 ft across > just very general idea of what they were, rough estimate on the day...

[@ericsanger4408]

You can tell Sitting Bull was scary wise.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

The Indians center of gravity was the villages not the warriors who were almost impossible to fix in place

[@adriancozad8308]

Why didnt Gen: Crooke send out scouts to warn Custer of his defeat and pull back from the rose-bud,like Reno & Beteen,they too didnt want to advance.

[@daniellastuart3145]

if want compere the size of another battle IE: the battle of Waterloo The length of front of the battlefield was also relatively short at 2.5 miles (4 km) depth around 1.5 miles were over 150 Thousands solders fought that day

[@RicoSuavae]

11:10 rumor has it that's not fog but gunsmoke that still lingers

[@mfs2778]

great!

[@DM-iw2qt]

Crook. Should have been courtmarchialed along with. Reno and. Benteen

[@trumpsmessage7777]

I'm a nut for Google Earth and using all the available satellite images from different years when doing research .

[@guylelanglois6642]

Interesting the only photos of Crook are with Apache Indian scouts

[@ytugtbk]

Down with AI.

[@johnmarlin4661]

As soon as practable LOL

[@MilitaryHistory317]

One of those 19th Century words that have fallen out of favor. The best use of it was Bob Lee advising General Ewell to seize Culp's Hill, "if practicable."

[@pinchevulpes]

Great documentary! However the Sioux did not refer to themselves as such! They were the LAKOTA! With differing bands that were under different war chiefs. When you say Sioux you do yourself and the history disservice, as the “Sioux” as you call them did not fight as a cohesive unit. Shame you didn’t mention the rotating Gatling effect the warriors on horse’s used continuously fire and minimize contact to themselves to keep a steady rate of fire on the crooks troops. this maneuver would be crucial to winning the Little Bighorn the next week. The Lakota and Cheyenne were also aware of the overheating barrels and jamming of the single shot rifles the US servicemen had. Crazy horse was noted as being one of the War Chiefs who utilized it to full effect by personally leading direct frontal charges to break skirmish lines. You should play some northern cree pow wow music to accurately reflect the mood of the warriors attack. That corny cavalry music needs some real American drums to silence it.

[@vasil12361]

You can still see tons of tipi trails around there.

[@lukycharms9970]

Oh nooo, you don’t “win” the Medal of Honor, cmonnn mannn you know better lol