Originally Posted by Starman


Elliot left ( abandoned?) his own command of a column to pursue the fleeing Indians.

According to Sergeant Ryan..when Custer received word that Elliott was missing, he sent Captain Myers and a party
for Elliott. Myers' efforts were in vain and reported such to Custer.

With a substantial number (couple thousand ?) warriors mustering from camps some miles further down stream
(reportedl. by.1st Lt. Edward S. Godfrey) and moving in a direction toward Custer...Custer moved his men in that direction
and bluffed the warriors into dispersing back to their villages to protect their families...which gave Custer the time to haul ass
out of there to prevent a possible disaster.

Some say Elliot uttered the words ' a brevet or a coffin' to an officer in his column before going on his fateful persuit.


This is true, yet people still condemn Custer for his actions that day. Plenty of his subordinate officers from that campaign followed Custer to the Little Bighorn with the exception of Benteen, they had great admiration and respect for Custer.

Godfrey was a Lieutenant at the time and later became a General and much of his testimony after the LBH battle was very candid and without criticism of Custer.

It seems that more is written about Custer by people that don’t know much about him than those who do...

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