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I was just up at Little Big Horn - It's a field in the middle of a prairie and CLOSED for COVID. We went out of our way driving my daughter and her husband to Minnesota and took a side trip there - very disappointed! National park service is nothing more than an arm of the UN. Its up on a long ridge of ground that overlooks the Interstate, where the Lakotas, Cheyennes and Arapahoes were camped, its Crow Country now, as it was back then, them 10,000 enemy tribesmen were far more threat to the Crows than the White men (discounting microbes of course). I'm sorry someone wasn't there who knew, seems like there should be a lot that can be accessed from the Interstate, down along the river where a lot of the fighting took place.
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Was reading some interesting stuff on the Battle of the Washita last night. Hopefully tonight will be the Fettermann fight.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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I think Custer would have been President also, if he hadn’t made the decisions he did that day.
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I think Custer would have been President also, if he hadn’t made the decisions he did that day. I doubt it. a Lieutenant Colonel forcing a bunch of Indians back onto the reservation, killing some in the process, just doesn't rise to the stature of winning major Civil War battles. After all the Battle of the Washita didn't get him any elective office.
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I think Custer would have been President also, if he hadn’t made the decisions he did that day. Upon hearing the news Grant reportedly said, Well, That takes care of that.
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And Lassie's Mom turned 95 today. That bitch! I met June once. About the nicest lady you'd ever hope to meet. She was in the movie Sergeant York with Gary Cooper, she played Cooper's sister. She was a cute little thing back then.
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I always rember the date! as I was married my 1st time..... Not something I would be proud of.....
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country." Robert E. Lee
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Yeah? I got married 15 years ago today.
I am MAGA.
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I just picked up a copy of "Wild West" magazine today, and learned about an Italian Count and former Italian revolutionary assassin Carlo Camillo (AKA "Charles") De Rudio, an actual escapee from Devil's Island, former Private in the 79th New York Volunteer Highlanders at Petersburg, promoted later in 1864 to 2nd Lieutenant in command of Colored Infantry. Disdained by his peers, liked and respected by his men. Custer's disdain probably saved his life, at the Little Big Horn, denied a command commensurate with his rank and experience, he was a 43 year old Lieutenant under Marcus Reno that day. One of the last men to retreat when Reno suddenly folded and retreated, De Rudio and a Private hid in the woods along the river until Benteen's arrival the next day scattered the Indians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_DeRudio#American_Civil_War
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The place itself is surreal
Son of a liberal: " What did you do in the War On Terror, Daddy?"
Liberal father: " I fought the Americans, along with all the other liberals."
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Birdy! I liked this comment about him from Wikipedia article
"He was not a chronic drinker or gambler. He did not absent himself from his duty station for trivial reasons. He did not shirk duty assignments and, above all else, he patently knew what he was doing at the head of the column of enlisted men."
Well it’s quite evident why he didn’t fit in with his other messmates in the officer’s corps.
He was competent!
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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The place itself is surreal It really is. Walking that battle field is amazing.
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I've been numerous times, the last time with shrapnel.
I can't imagine I will not go again if/when I am in that country. I can't seem to be within 250 miles and not find a way to get there.
Hauntingly powerful ...
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Happy Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Conrad!
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The place itself is surreal When they think of it, Antifa will destroy the place.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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We've been there a couple times and you can feel the history. Even my wife who doesn't really give a hoot about history commented on the feeling the battlefield exudes.
The first time we were there, on June 25th about 10 years ago, there was a guy we met on the trails that had been coming every year for 30 plus years, giving some impromptu info about the battle to several of us on the trail. The guy was an absolutely engaging speaker and our kids still talk about him and his stories about the battle. He was very well versed in all players involved and how the battle unfolded.
This fellow had ridden horseback from the Crows Nest to the battlefield and remarked how tired he and his horse were by the time they hit the river. You can imagine Custer and his soldiers were probably worse for the wear.
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