The Battle of the Little Bighorn - June 25, 1876

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[@zacharygrouwinkel1534]

Glad your family is feeling better Chris! Hope you guys have a great trip to the UK. I’m super jealous of your kids being able to learn history in person from you on site. That would be an incredible experience. Wish I had a teacher that made learning history as fun and interesting as you do when I was growing up.

[@Hydro00]

Right! Chris is such a cool dude and his kids are really blessed to be able to learn from him and get to travel to all these places!

[@dmacarro]

You need to do a reaction video to the video interview of the last war chief of the Crow Tribe named Joe Medicine Crow. He fought in WW2, which is where he achieved his war feats. His paternal Grandfather, was a great war chief Medicine Crow, and his uncle who was named White Man Runs Him, actually was a scout for Custer at the battle of little big horn. Joe Medicine Crow was very knowledgeable of this very battle, too, and has videos talking about what he was told about the battle from the people who fought in it.

[@jsmith3772]

I had the pleasure of visiting the Little Big Horn battlefield about 10 years ago, the thing that impressed me was Keough's men, when you look at the crosses of his men(may not be 100% accurate) but based on the crosses you can see they held their formation until the end. I also think one critical aspect that is perhaps overlooked is the lack of coordination between the three armies of Cust, Crook, Terry and Gibbon.

[@jonny-b4954]

Well... more like companies or light battalions than armies. Hah ;)

[@SeanRCope]

I’m 54 my first book at 10 was the Custer album. I’ve read every book worth reading about that battle. It was a rout from begging to end. Keogh died in a heap and so did Custer. Calhoun held his ground the best and you could kinda see skirmish lines, maybe.Though you could throw out a handful of corn and get the same “lines” They’re not crosses they’re markers (skinny headstones). Have you been there? I have twice and even served with the seventh in Korea. I can tell you there is no love of Custer in that NCO club.

[@fogwar]

Another point on the firepower: US Cavalry skirmish doctrine had companies split into fireteams of four men each, with one man holding the horses while the other three fought. This had the effect of basically cutting any company's firepower by 25% before they'd even fired a shot.

[@BenRollinsActor]

Finally! Someone else who remembers "Son of the Morning Star". Fantastic miniseries.

[@grumblesa10]

even better book...

[@robertandersen4873]

Hey Chris, you mentioned the TV miniseries "Son of the Morning Star". The book it is based on (same title) by Evan S. Connell is a great read.

[@SuziQ499]

It wasn't just about the gold in the black hills but that was a factor , The US army had been looking for an excuse to deal with the Lakota , From 1870-75 the Lakota rained terror on other tribes including the Pawnee , Crow , Shoshone and few others these tribes in turn asked the US government for assistance in dealing with the Lakota and of course it was one of many excuses the army needed to eventually deal with them , In return the Crow got huge tracks of land compared to the Lakota for their cooperation and the blood feud carried on.

[@derekmcdanold7108]

Little Bighorn Battlefield is definitely worth a trip. I live about an hour away from there, and the historical impact from that battle still permeates this whole region.

[@elifaletgutierrez9141]

I enjoy all the different formats you do for content, but I got to say, this format is by far my favorite along with the on site original content. Having a video with just a map and movements/situation for you to color with context is really fun because it's so informative; that and your enthusiasm about history comes through in all your videos. Thanks for the work!

[@svenrio8521]

I love these videos that use geography, it really helps me get a sense of the battlefield. Also sorry to hear about the covid.

[@kgaster25]

Just found your channel today, several vids in and am loving it!! Thanks for your time and for obviously caring so much about history!!!!!

[@dangercloseusmc6902]

I've been to that battlefield, and those white markers where the troopers fell (ostensibly) are a very stark reminder of the carnage. It's a fairly small park, but it's pack with death. Very interesting video, like usual. Thanks for the continued awesomeness!

[@hanksilman4016]

I had the misfortune of visiting the battlefield early May this year and went headfirst into one of the latest blizzards on record. We had to drive through to our next stop (the black hills) and all you could see at that point were the markers poking out above the snow. We had no idea what we were looking at at the time.

[@MarkVrem]

In all honesty, if visiting this battlefield. An unexpected blizzard maybe even a flat tire, would be fitting. Get that Custer immersion.

[@derekmcdanold7108]

Those May snowstorms were brutal this year. Sorry about the timing of your trip.

[@hanksilman4016]

@@derekmcdanold7108 couldn’t be helped. I was on a road trip for work coming from Billings. We got to Lame Deer in Cheyenne Reservation and by that point all the roads were blocked so we had to stay in Colstrip, MT for two days. 😅 On the bright side, before Billings was Helena and Yellowstone so seeing the park for the first time preflooding in retrospect was good timing.

[@bones2177]

Custer has the same misfortune and didn't realize what he was looking at either. I'd say you faired much better, and he didn't even have a blizzard going on.

[@little5bee]

If you ever get the chance, go to Monroe, Michigan...Libbies birthplace and Custers adopted home. Custer exhibit at the museum, shop where he got his boots made, churches where he and Libbie attended and got married, Libbies childhood home, farm he bought with his brother and cemetery where numerous Custer family members are buried...including Autie Reed and Boston Custer, and last but not least, the statue of Custer called "Sighting the Enemy". If you like War of 1812 history, the site of the River Raisin Massacre is also in Monroe.

[@toxenzz]

When I was 9 (23 now) I was blessed to have been given the chance to visit this amazing historical location, definitely the most significant military historical location I’ve been in. I was far too young to truly know just what all the crosses meant. But regardless I was in awe during my visit there. Can’t wait to go back eventually.

[@phantomtitan9792]

Glad you and your family are feeling better Chris and this video was indeed fascinating

[@danielsmith1190]

Thrilled you guys are doing well! Thanks for the content buddy!

[@notdio9893]

I've been waiting for this....let's go

[@Nednerb14]

Not a great presentation on the topic, I’m so happy to see you’re Channel growing and getting the recognition it deserves for easily being one of the best history related channels on KZbin. Glad to hear you and you’re family are feeling better, and hope you enjoy you’re trip! Can’t wait to hear all about it and more!

[@rogereide]

Glad you are recovering from COVID. I took my family to the battlefield 30 years ago, when my youngest was a 2 years and a few months old, and there has been so much more information discovered at the battlefield and by finally taking the accounts given by the Native Americans seriously that I really want to go back. We were there long before the wildfire burned through the battlefield and archeologists really took advantage of that moment in time and many "new" discoveries were made about the troop movements. It is really an awesome feeling being in such a historic place and it makes you realize how huge the area of the village and the battle really covered.

[@Mma-basement-215]

Very cool..id love to hear your perspective on what happened awesome...love the content Bud.. Happy New Year 🎉

[@mattpiepenburg8769]

Very nicely done! Much appreciated.

[@mikibabic8187]

Glad to hear you are feeling better. Looking forward to videos from UK.

[@rhett1029]

17:26 Keogh was also a Combat veteran of the Papal State Army receiving two medals for his service including one for gallantry

[@MiamiHeatClips]

One of the best battlefields to visit. Worth to visit if you’re in the area. Amazing tour by those related to natives who fought, also by national park rangers 👍🏼

[@Jasmin_Pepelko]

Reno: 'Abandon your posts! Flee! Flee for your lives!'

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

A good LoTR reference I always most welcome here.

[@RealStreetPA]

Glad your feeling better. My expirence with covid when I had it back in December was very similar, was on the couch for about 2 days then felt good enough to function but I had lost my taste for about a month afterward.

[@davidlloyd150]

Love your new podcast

[@rlk820]

Very nice summary!

[@ssgbuddha400]

I can even hear it a little in your voice but glad you had a speedy recovery and have a nice time in the UK can't wait til i can start traveling.

[@mike6252]

As if this engagement isn't terrifying enough. This extremely well done video adds another layer of visual and audible horror to the story of what happened that day. Thanks so much for covering this topic!

[@sasha642]

thanks for vlog and I have been to custers battlefield twice last time much archeology was being done at the site.

[@nickgoodrick6725]

It is fitting you mention keough. If you watch the beginning of the John Wayne film “She wore a yellow ribbon” the casualties of the big horn are mentioned. The duke’s character in particular mentions miles keough, and shows a particular sadness at his death.

[@ssgcringe5978]

I was just a Fort Custer a few months back for training. This was a good video!

[@hiramnoone]

Bloody Knife *was* the Ree scout shot in the head which caused Reno to panic.

[@chriscarpenter1420]

Miles Keogh's horse Comanche survived the battle and returned Ft. Riley. Comanche is now stuffed and displayed in KU's natural History Museum and regarded as a local folk hero.

[@randomlyweirdjeff4638]

In 1868 Custer fought the Battle of the Washita. It was very similar to Little Bighorn with one difference, they attacked in the winter. They snuck up of the Cheyenne village. What they didn't know was nearby there was another bigger village with about 6,000 warriors in it. When they attacked, Custer took women and children hostage while lodges were burnt and Indian horses were killed. Then he used his hostages as human shields, the native warriors didn't attack and he knew that they wouldn't, for fear of killing their women and children do the warriors left and went back to their own village fearing an oncoming attack. Custer used that moment to march his captives to the reservation. He was known to spare women and children. It's believed that he was trying the same tactics at the Little Bighorn.

[@ElizabethGrindon]

The first village was Chief Black kettle's, I think.

[@landrywells242]

Your insight and information on this battle was really great id definitely read a book on Little Bighorn if you wrote one!

[@peytonlucy5947]

The best, easiest thing, is to read Reno's report that he wrote a few days after the battle. Watch the time statements carefully and the picture is revealing and very ugly. The Sioux and allies were going to win no matter what the 7th did but the losses were far worse than they should have been. The 600 page inquiry report is revealing though contradictory.

[@nikos5507]

The game “Darkest of Days” very first level is Custer’s Last Stand. For an indie game that went through development hell, it’s still a decent game. I especially love how they handled the Civil War levels, especially Antietam (at least the beginning when your actually in a firing line). Idk how relevant or popular it is, given its age and the fact that it was pulled from Steam.

[@martybaggenmusic]

Always nice to discover another U.S. Grant fan.... a bit of a paradox when his life is examined, the contradictions of his feelings towards slaves and immigrants compared to his actions against Indians of the Plains. Even the letter of the law flies in the face of his decisions, but the pressures on him must have been enormous given the state of the economy and the notion of an "instant fix" with the discovery of gold. Unfortunately, that's not the way economies work.... but that's another story. New to your channel... love it.

[@johanrunfeldt7174]

There has been found a lot of 44 Henry rimfire cartridge casings with the trademark double indentation from the forked hammer of the Henry 1860 and Winchester 1866, in the ground where the Battle of Greasy Grass took place. The amount is such, that you could be excused for believing that the Sioux or Northern Cheyenne had started their own production of lever actions. This was not the case, but rather they had been acquiring repeating rifles from trade and by simply taking them from fallen enemies. The fact that the Indians had been able to buy repeating rifles was very controversial at the time, and Winchester Arms adamantly rejected any claims that any of their rifles had come into Indian hands by legitimate trade.

[@CaribbeanHistory]

I will always find fascinating a post o saw years ago about the perspectives of this engagement. One was the famous painting of Custer and his men surrounded; the other being a native cave/wall art where it was soldiers of both sides on horses chasing each other

[@colbyhill25]

They actually reenact the battle at Little Bighorn every year. We drove up from about 5 hours away a few years ago to watch it. Unfortunately it was raining that year and they had to cancel it. One of our friends went this year tho.

[@505specter]

Garry Owen! I'm glad 2-7 Cav is still the same as when Custer was around hahaha

[@WichitaChiefSam]

This is the battle I have the strongest personal connection to. I live in Kansas, so it's not that close to me geographically, but according to my grandfather, who did the research a while back, we are relatives of "Lonesome" Charley Reynolds, a famous and high-level scout of Buffalo Bill and of course Custer's U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment. I remember doing a school project or two on him back in elementary school, but I forget much of the details as I am now 23. Apparently, Charley knew in advance that things were not going to go well and he personally warned Custer about the situation and he ended up dying at that battle. I looked into him a little bit more again (thankful he was famous enough at least to have a Wikipedia page) after seeing this and seeing that he was also a Union soldier in the Civil War, I am thankful and proud of that.

[@younghustlegang]

Hey Chris glad you and family are recovered from covid. Interesting video idea, idk if would be able to do a reaction but doing a video over “every man for themselves” and how it came about. Also if any examples when it was used in battle(s) if ever. Think would be cool idea to give perspective of how mind can crack under battle and aftermath.

[@stephenparker6362]

Hi Chris, I hope you're all feeling better and are ready for your holiday. A very interesting video, I'd learnt very little about that here in the UK. An idea , you could do a series of videos to commemorate the anniversaries of major events but I'm sure you've thought of that.

[@tylerrex41]

Custer lived in Monroe,Mich.with his sister and her husband,so he could go to the good schools there.Libby is also from there.There is an excellent equestrian statue of him in Monroe,it was dedicated in 1910 by President Taft,also there is a museum there as well.Yes,I am a Custerian,ever since I read the book Custers Last Stand in 3rd.grade-about 6 times.

[@johnmoore5118]

I have been at the battlefield, especially Last Stand Hill, a very somber and surreal experience.

[@mr.beatfan8814]

Amazing!

[@EmpressMermaid]

Glad your family is OK and recovering. Covid ran rampid through my family and almost took my dad. It's no joke.

[@professorwhat2704]

Glad the sickness didn't mess up the trip. I'm a fan of Southern Gospel music history. There was a family group called the Klaudt Indian Family for decades. The family's patriarch was German, and their matriarch was Native American. Her name was Lillian White Corn Little Feather and she was a descendant of both Chief Sitting Bull and one of Custer's scouts.

[@davidnicholas7516]

I actually wrote an article for Strategy & Tactics magazine 30+ years ago on the battle. One of the biggest frustrations for me is that the course of the battle from the Reno/Benteen perspective is pretty straightforward--Reno attacked the village, panicked when the attack didn't work, retreated to the hill named for him, and was essentially an emotional basket case for the rest of the fight. Benteen wandered off to the south and took too long (I speculated he might have actually gotten lost) and then linked up with Reno and more or less took charge. The problem is that while that account of what happened is generally agreed on, what Custer did, and what happened with him along with why, is the subject of a *lot* of speculation. For instance, the whole path that this video traces, which has Custer trying to cross the river north of the village, is (as far as I know) complete speculation. There are accounts that insist it never happened. One of the accounts I read, from a Lakota source, claimed that Custer was wounded (perhaps mortally) while trying to cross the river further south. There was a string of bodies (with dead horses nearby) lying in a row, which for a while was referred to as the "picket line" but it's generally thought now that the group of troopers were fleeing and being picked off one by one as they fled. The point is that no one is certain about any of this. I read a lot of military history, and fancy myself knowledgeable about the subject. One of the things you should know about Custer is that he wasn't just crazy brave on the battlefield, in terms of riding into the thick of the fighting, he was also crazy reckless, and generally got away with it. One of the biographies of him from the middle part of the last century was actually ironically titled "Custer's Luck" because that apparently was actually an expression during the Civil War, referring to the guy who falls into the manure pile and comes up smelling like a rose. He defeated a Confederate cavalry force that was trying to flank the Union army at Gettysburg, commanded the brigade in which the guy who killed Jeb Stuart served, broke the Confederate lines at 4th Winchester and led a cavalry charge that resulted in Confederate rout at Cedar Creek a few weeks later, and commanded the division that cut off Lee's last avenue of retreat and resulted in his surrender at Appomattox Court House. In many of these fights he was temporarily surrounded by enemies; he always managed to wriggle his way free. In 1868 he attacked Black Kettle's village in Kansas, had one of his platoons wiped out by a nearby village that was much bigger, but escaped essentially unscathed, again. So, Custer being surrounded wasn't really a thing; when Reno and Benteen didn't go to his rescue, neither of them really understood or believed Custer and his command had been wiped out: it was too unbelievable to suggest something like that. One thing Evan Connell's book "Son of the Morning Star" pointed out was that Crazy Horse apparently campaigned on the reservations, recruiting soldiers for his fight that summer. Lakota and Cheyanne culture at the time only accorded respect to men who fought in battle, or hunted, and on the reservation, you didn't really do either: you were supposed to farm instead, which their culture didn't respect at all. Crazy Horse insisted that this was the young men's last chance to earn their stripes the old way, and apparently was able to recruit several hundred warriors, maybe as many as a thousand, from those reservations. Say whatever you want about Grant, his handling of the reservations was atrocious, riddled with corruption and malfeasance, and the reservation commissioners were more concerned with lining their own pockets than accurately reporting where all the young men who were supposed to be on their reservations actually were. As far as I'm concerned, the biggest takeaway from all of this is that Custer had been fighting the Plains Indians for about a decade. They always fled when confronted with a cavalry regiment, as any sane person would. Who would fight that many soldiers trained to kill you, if you could avoid it? Custer expected the warriors (and probably the village itself) to try and flee, and he paid for his mistake. This is pretty much the only time the Plains Indians stood and fought like this, other than maybe the Battle of the Rosebud (which had just happened, with Custer being unaware of it). I've always felt (it's just a guess) that the story of Custer being badly wounded early in the fighting had a ring of authenticity to it. The people who looked at the battlefield when they recovered the bodies said they'd found a "horse breastwork" of dead horses, laid in a circle on Last Stand Hill, so that the soldiers would have a little fort to defend themselves in. It's just an instinct, but that doesn't sound like Custer to me...he'd have been looking for the exit, trying to fight his way out. As for the trapdoor Springfield carbines jamming, that *was* a problem, but it's doubtful that Custer's troopers fought long enough for it to affect them. The coulees (it's the local word for gulch) that cut across the battlefield mean that the Springfield's longer range was irrelevant, and the repeating Henrys and Spencers probably just shot all the troopers too quickly for anything else to matter. According to the tribal accounts, the battle lasted for about 20 minutes...

[@KS1919_]

There’s a power metal group called Civil War that has a song about this battle, called “Custer’s Last Stand.” If I’m not mistaken, one of both of the guitarists are former members of Sabaton. It’s one of my favorites from their new album released last Friday, great workout music. They have another song about a soldier in Andersonville prison which I really enjoy as well.

[@richeybaumann1755]

They're also former Sabaton members, which automatically makes them good.

[@gatlinlehmann3417]

This is so true! I love Rome is Falling and I will Rule the Universe (very generic, yes)

[@Kriegter]

yeah, I think it was formed by former members of sabaton

[@titanschannel585]

New Civil War album? Great, but Custer's last stand was already present in the Killer Angels album

[@Gloomlight]

Disgruntled and tired Chris is my favorite Chris.

[@Anonymoususer44569]

You should react to Warographics new video on Fort Sumter

[@Scott68377]

I was there last year and it was an amazing expierience. They have white markers where the Americans died and red markers for the people of the different tribes that fought there. There were a lot more wheite markers then red as you would expect.

[@randomlyweirdjeff4638]

Don't forget the men from Reno Hill. Awesome video.

[@JLS639]

Yikes! COVID-19. Glad you are recovering

[@tracysrocket]

You're right, there has been more written about this fateful afternoon than one person can possibly read. The opinions seem to be even stronger in recent years. I need to get there before I die or become too old to cover the battlefield.

[@randomlyweirdjeff4638]

I have actually been to this place. It's such a vast area.

[@DarthGoshMan]

Stumbled upon another interesting channel worth checking out and maybe reacting to, called NewAfrica. Not many videos yet, but good quality and another area/viewpoint of history not much explored in the west, even though it really should be

[@idiotengineer3925]

I was just there last month

[@vamprd8544]

Hello Chris I hope you and your family feels better.

[@HistoryCity1]

I was just there a few months ago and was shocked how much it cost to get it.

[@ryandowney8760]

A troop is Calvary’s term for a “company” Battery is a artillery company Company is used everywhere else in the army haha… it goes team, squad, platoon, company, battalion, brigade, division if anyone was curious.

[@Henry_Varro]

I recently had the chance to view the film Hostiles made in 2017. I believe it offers a good glimpse into Native - U.S. relations at that time as well as the nature of the western expansion.

[@MadnerKami]

Congrats for the big price! Get well soon!

[@armoredinf]

I heard a saying many years ago that summarizes the battle that says something like: "The Cheyenne did the fighting, The Sioux got the credit; and The Crow got the lands" or something to that effect.

[@itshenry8977]

Sioux if i remember correctly are in around the Dakotas and their name given my their enemies means little snakes

[@markarellano6899]

I really enjoy your videos. Well done, sir! Well done, indeed! Have you ever seen anything by Drachinifel? For my money he's one of the best naval history content creators on this or any other platform for that matter. I recall you saying that you like reacting to alternate history videos so I was wondering whether you'd be interested in/able to react to his video about a hypothetical "last ride" of the German High Seas Fleet right at the end of WWI. I think you'd enjoy the video even if you don't do your own reaction video. Regardless, thank you fer the enjoyable & informative content! Keep up the good work!!

[@Odonanmarg]

I’ve been to the battlefield 2ce and plan a 3rd visit. There’s much more to the story, mostly leaving more questions.

[@comradekommandmentklaus1848]

My view of Custer is a little distorted because I first of him in Harry Turtledove’s “Southern Victory Saga” where he actually lives because this battle never really took place like it did in real life.

[@svenrio8521]

Oh yeah, doesn't he invent the tank in that timeline? What did Turtledove call it , a barrel?

[@comradekommandmentklaus1848]

@@svenrio8521 no i pretty sure Custer was the first to use armored warfare in that timeline.

[@Lakitu886]

I really love the history and culture of the Natives that roamed the plains and always feel terrible how almost every treaty with them was broken

[@jeffreyheronemus1917]

no mention of the later revealed attempt by Reno to talk Benteen into escaping the hill and leaving the wounded and most supplies after nightfall?

[@tacobowler]

There’s a great lack of material on Bleeding Kansas on KZbin. I’d love to see you cover it in reaction or on site. I know Mr Beat has a video on Quantrell’s raid.

[@emmanuelucrosacosta1845]

There is a great song by Running Wild called Little Big Horn! TRULY RECOMMENDED

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

When you visit Europe with your family, watch out for pickpocketing, sometimes there's more than one pick pocketer working together, one to distract you, the other to pickpocket you. Been to Europe once and that happened to us on two occasions (one of those was a failed attempt).

[@IsaacWilsonSantiago]

I would love to follow along with you at this battlefield. I love all your insights and contributions. If you extend an in-person meet. I would be intrested. I won't get in the way of your videos. Just a quick hello and an excuse to go to SD.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

It's in Montana, but I'll definitely announce it when I plan to visit.

[@williamcross210]

If you're going to SD, maybe do so during the Crazy Horse Volksmarch, which is usually the weekend after Memorial Day -- 10k hike, to the monument, which huge. Not too far from Mt. Rushmore -- maybe 10 miles or so. Little Big Horn is about 100 miles from Rapid, ;rretty much all Interstatei0. Deadwood is not very far off I-90 and is between Rapid and Little Big Horn

[@williamcross210]

@@VloggingThroughHistory The closest place to fly into the area of any size is Rapid City. Plus, you could go to Custer SD, the Crazy Horse and Mt. Rushmore monuments, tour the Presidential statues in downtown Rapid City. Go to Deadwood,

[@patrickdobbels2342]

I think they hated Custer. And it was an opportunity to get rid of him.

[@drstrangelove4998]

Reno and Benteen? For sure, they had a pathological jealousy of Custer. Benteen dragged his feet all the way on the back trail. They were both extremely lucky not to have been shot for cowardice.

[@kara-ponton]

You really need to visit fort humboldt Ulysses S Grant was station there in the 1850s. I have seen a movie called custards last man. I have read on places that at least someone survived the battle of little big horn

[@younghustlegang]

Reno was still shook 😭

[@hiramnoone]

Splitting his force and attacking one end of a village and scooping up the fleeing women and children at the other end in order to subdue the warriors was a successful strategy employed by Custer at the battle of the The Washita in 1868. However that was a much smaller village than the one encountered on The Little Bighorn. And while Custer had been advised by his Indian Scouts of the actual size of the village whose pony herd alone was larger than any of them had ever seen suggesting warriors numbering in the thousands, Custer refused to believe them and attacked anyway letting those scouts which he accused of cowardice to leave without participating in the coming fight, thus allowing them to escape with their lives (an exception being Mitch Bouyer, his half Sioux chief of scouts who likely understood they were riding to their deaths) so being the only human survivors of his reduced detachment besides messenger Martini sent to Benteen to bring the ammunition packs.

[@sartanawillpay7977]

During the Battle of the Rosebud, which occurred a week before Little Bighorn, General Crook sent a large portion of his cavalry away during the fight to strike the suspected village on the creek. The village was actually in a completely different river valley so this was a wasted effort but Crook was able to recall them to the fight when the Lakota and Cheyennes were pressing an attack. Custer is often criticized for "dividing his forces" but others , like Crook, also saw this as a proven strategy for Indian warfare. Usually, the main issue was catching up with the hostiles before they escaped but in the 1876 war the US Army faced an enemy much more willing to fight a pitched battle than in previous wars.

[@hiramnoone]

@@sartanawillpay7977 Nothing wrong with that strategy with a larger force vs a smaller one. But the reverse? Not so much. Especially when the larger force (very much larger in this case) refuses to play by the expected rule assigned to them from past experience, of scatter and disburse.

[@Bullrider33Outdoors]

Plus The Village He Attacked At The Washita Was Peaceful Cheif Black Kettle And Which Black Kettle Was Killed Also Black Kettle Had Endured Another Battle At Sand Creek Which Was A Massacre

[@Bullrider33Outdoors]

Also They Were Peaceful Cheyenne Black Kettle Didn't Not Want To Fight White People And When Custer Defeated The Cheyenne At Tha Washita They Told Custer You Attack The Cheyenne Again You Will Not Live And He Swear To Them That He Would Never Attack The Cheyenne Again And When He Died They Took Picks And Shoved And Stabbed His Ears So He Can Hear In The After Life

[@wetbreadstickcapo8507]

No no no no Custer is ours! Ohio has a disproportionate amount of notable historical figures. Custer belongs to Michigan

[@crsmith6226]

You should react to King and General’s Alexander the Great’s speech at ophis

[@antoninuspius1747]

Battlefield detectives: Little Bighorn (on youtube) I think is very good at filling in some info, particularly weaponry.

[@grumblesa10]

Custer did not believe his own scouts, some of whom he had worked with before. Worse, he FAILED to make personal reconnaissance to confirm or deny the reports. He compounded that error by SPLITTING his forces, not once, but twice in the face of an enemy whose size he had failed to confirm. Then, he failed to issue more carbine and revolver ammo, knowing he' was going to face some sort of fight. Hence the THREE (not just 1) messages about "come quick, bring [ammunition] packs". Typically cavalry troopers carried about 20 - 30 rounds of .45-70 and about 24 rounds of .45 ammo. At 3 rds a minute, which is sustainable for anyone who has used a Springfield Trapdoor or Sharps single-shot, (I've done this on the range) that's only ~10 minutes of long range fire. Given that the majority of his troopers were relatively new, and the War Department restricted practice to maybe 2 or 3 rounds every few months, it's probable they couldn't even keep up this amount of fire. Finally, the .45-70 cartridge cases were made primarily of copper and not brass-to save money. After a few rounds the chambers would be hot, and the copper casing would expand; causing extraction malfunctions. This all checks with Native American reports of fire dying off. This allowed them to close with their Spencer and Winchester repeaters (7/10 rds capacity) and gain "fire superiority".

[@Matthew_Baratheon]

Have you ever been to Fort Frederica in Georgia?

[@stevenmullens511]

I live in montana and have been to the battle field twice and it was great to see were history was made.

[@davidh5101]

"Charge!"

[@patrickdobbels2342]

The Rock Island Arsenal Museum Has a great display of artifacts.

[@younghustlegang]

Isn’t it funny how two guys find gold where they shouldn’t be and rather than get rich with their secret they decided to tell more people 😂

[@ccourt46]

Jenny Nicholson had COVID while at VidCon this weekend. Mr. Beat was there. Wonder if he's going to get it.

[@jkh2180]

Custer must have never read "The Art of War" because he didn't do anything Sun Tzu suggested 😂

[@99IronDuke]

@Vlogging Through History For a really detailed look at the battle of the Little Big Horn check out the YT channel CusterApollo.

[@TheCeltic819]

Should react to CPG Video on native Americans, explains the political history of them

[@Ddonaldson9]

Not sure I think it's worth a reaction vid but definitely worth watching to understand their viewpoint on it. Or at least a generalized one. Really bummed that Grey hasn't been able to continue with what was obviously going to be a series of vids on the topic.

[@999Patriots]

Had the great or great great grandson of General Custer as a patient when I was in residency in Michigan. DL showed his name was in fact Custer. Guy had a beard. Googled a pic of Custer on Wikipedia. This guy was a dead ringer for General Custer. Scary. Told us that grandmother told him stuff about Custer that no one has ever recorded. But we went in the next day and he was already discharged.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Custer had no confirmed children. Maybe a nephew or something.

[@randomlyweirdjeff4638]

The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1968 was the creation of the Great Sioux Reservation. White men were not supposed to go there, and the army was to patrol the area. However in 1873 or 1874. The government sent Custer and his men into the Black Hills while there they found gold. This lead to miners flooding into the area. The government had made offers to buy the Black Hills but the tribes said no because it is a spiritual place and Indians believed that nobody could sell the earth because nobody owned it. When gold was discovered the government gave the tribes a certain time frame to report to the reservations or be considered hostile. This is what lead to the Little Bighorn, the nation was also in an economic recession at that time. So the gold would revamp the US economy.

[@fruitpunk]

cgp grey has a good video on indian vs native american

[@robertjmueller6260]

Custer's horse, Comanche, is on display at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum in Lawrence, Kansas.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Comanche was Myles Keogh’s horse.

[@armoredinf]

Country Western singer Johnny Horton wrote a great song about Comanche called "Comanche"