On this day in 1876, Custer was defeated by the Sioux at the battle of
the Little Big Horn.

How and why do you think the defeat happened?

So, how do you feel about it?

Oceans

Vanity and under estimation!
Custer's Vanity mostly though, He didnt want to share the glory, and
thus got his ass kicked!!!

What I have always found interesting, the two best know battles of the
west was Custer Last Stand and The Alamo. Both were lost by the US and
both were domed from the start.

If Custer would have waited for the rest of the forces (gen Crook) and
not split up his forces he wouldnt have lost! Custer was an egomaniac
and wanted all the glory for him self!

I agree the Alamo was lost when the US gov. wouldnt let Houston help,
but the men at the Alamo didnt know that at first. Still they could have
surrendered when they found out, but chose not to!

Hey guys Have you ever been to that battlefield? I
have...yikes....not even a rock to hide behind

I saw it on the history channel!! Custers detachment was singled out and
wipe out. The other force that was down by the river fared a little
better, but not much!!!

Custer was a fool....

Hey Glen!!! Oh I know he was...the little museum they
have there was pretty interesting...

Hey JJ

Id like to see it. On the history channel, they were finding casings
left from the batttle, and your right there was no where to hide. A feww
tried to run for it, they found caseings leading away down the hill to
prove it. It wasnt the heroic stand depicted in the movies!!!

Your right Glen far from it...it was a slaughter...there are white
crosses all over the hill, showing where bodies laid

Yeah, they say sitting bull singled Custer out for execution!
They hated him!!!

On this day in 2016.
It will be discovered
that Iraq was Bush Jr.'s
Little Big Horn.

The County of Amelia is rich in history and her citizens take an active
interest in her past. The County, named for Princess Amelia, daughter of
George II of England, was created by a legislative act in 1734, and in
1735, it was created from Prince George and Brunswick Counties. Then, in
1754, Prince Edward County was formed from Amelia County, and later the
County was reduced to its current size when Nottoway County was
separated in 1789. During the Revolutionary War, in 1781, Amelia was
raided by British forces under General Tarleton. Eighty-four years
later, the Amelia County records amazingly survived through the Civil
War. According to legend, they were saved in April, 1865 because Federal
General George Custer, of Little Big Horn fame, placed a guard over the
Amelia County Clerk’s Office with orders that all records be
preserved.


Custer should have stayed in Virginia.

I think it was pure arrogance the whole nine yards, thinking that the
Sioux wouldn't have the strength to fight such a fine General and his
men.

Good morning, everyone!

I would very much like to visit the memorial someday. Does the memorial
also cover the individual Sioux who died there?

I GPSed my way to the location of the Sand Creek Massacre a few months
ago, and found no memorial at all to those who were massacred.

Part of Custer's arrogance seems to be one that many commanders and
their troops have shared: a disdain for "the Enemy". Some soldiers
become convinced that God is on their side, and that the enemy is
"evil", and thus fail completely to understand the motives, will, and
capacity of "the enemy". They make major tactical and strategic mistakes
as a consequence, and oddly, only seem to dig themselves a deeper hole
when they run into any information that might instead suggest an
intelligent "enemy" fighting for a just cause.

This must be some special form of insanity.



Oceans

Good morning Lawry No there were no markers for the Sioux
warriors that died when I was there, but that was back in 83...I would
hope they have recitifed that by now...
How was your time on your boat?

Holier than thou syndrome perhaps!

Hi Oceans

You are not talking to me, Harry????

Morning Lawry

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