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Post by Diane Merkel on Jun 29, 2007 11:11:24 GMT -6
I'm sure Keogh would rather be at LBH than Auburn. Why don't we disinter the boys at Fort Leavenworth and GAC at West Point while we're at it? Then we could bring Libbie's remains to the proposed Women of the West Museum and give the guys in Garryowen another tourism draw. That's what this is all about, isn't it?
Reno doesn't even belong in the Custer National Cemetery. They had to reverse his dishonorable discharge to get him admitted.
Leave everyone where they are!
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Post by Tricia on Jun 29, 2007 12:45:19 GMT -6
Diane--
Look out! You're going to explode! But that said, I completely agree with you about Reno. Poor guy simply doesn't need to be reliving--for all eternity--his debacle at Little Bighorn. Perhaps Arlington, perhaps some other National Cemetery ... I just don't see how any relatives of his could find justice in that move to Montana.
BTW--didn't Keogh make arrangements to be buried where he is? I'm quite rough on the history of the handsome dragoon ...
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jun 29, 2007 13:05:28 GMT -6
I won't explode, Trish! I just get so tired of the HUGE egos and the rampant greed attached to every aspect of this stuff. The story about Reno is interesting. If I remember the story correctly, some guys were in a bar in NYC, lamenting that they needed a relative to start the process for reburial when the bartender piped up that he was named Reno. He apparently was a distant cousin or nephew. Believe it or not! (Not!)
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Post by BrokenSword on Jun 29, 2007 13:19:07 GMT -6
Wow -- Bartender?
I still remember seeing that guy (if he’s the one I'm thinking of) on the news testifying before Congress in the 1960s. He seemed sincere at the time, and as I recall bore quite a resemblance to the major himself. I may be confusing stories here, but he was the one that convinced Congress to reverse the original decision of the court-martial and to reinstate Major Reno. Is that right?
M
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jun 29, 2007 13:24:24 GMT -6
I'm not sure that it was a congressional action. I thought it was a military tribunal or something. My encyclopedia (husband) isn't handy at the moment, but I'll try to find out for you.
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Post by BrokenSword on Jun 29, 2007 15:20:08 GMT -6
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jun 29, 2007 15:53:29 GMT -6
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Post by elisabeth on Jun 29, 2007 16:34:19 GMT -6
Oddly enough, I think Keogh may have been the only one who expressed a preference for where he should be buried. And it was Auburn. He must have registered it officially somehow, because he wrote to Nelly Martin (his friend -- or alleged fiancee -- in Auburn) just before departure that he'd arranged to be "packed up and shipped" to Auburn if he was killed. His supposed best friend, Nowlan, didn't know this, however, as he wrote to Keogh's sister 2 or 3 weeks after the battle suggesting burial in Louisville.
Others allegedly wrote their wills or expressed last wishes on the 21st/22nd of June ... but I've not heard of anyone else specifying where they were to be buried. Presumably none of them did? Or did they?
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Post by Tricia on Jun 29, 2007 17:18:16 GMT -6
Elisabeth--
Thanks so much for the refresher on Keogh; I'd thought he'd make those Final Arrangements. I also heard quite a bit--from Melani--about the "possible" screenplay. Do it. Do it! The Handsome Colonel would be proud of you ... oops, I've outted you. Now you've got to get to writing.
Also, expect a post card ... I hope you can decipher my chicken scratch. On the Reality Front, however, I hope you weren't in London today. Thought about you quite a lot this day.
--t.
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Post by elisabeth on Jun 30, 2007 0:37:12 GMT -6
That's kind of you, Tricia. No, luckily I was at home. Well, it was a lucky day all round, since they found the things before anything happened ... Chances are there'll be more of the same to come, though. Ah well ...
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Post by Tricia on Jun 30, 2007 14:00:54 GMT -6
Elisabeth--
I'm so sorry that we must now add to yesterday's horrors because of the attempted bombing of Glascow airport. Keep yourself safe--you're a far too important member of this board!
--t.
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Post by alfuso on Aug 13, 2007 8:27:17 GMT -6
elisabeth
I am told that Tom Custer specifically wished to be buried where he is - at Ft Riley.
alfuso
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Post by harpskiddie on Aug 13, 2007 10:24:22 GMT -6
When was Tom moved to Fort Riley? I thought he was at Fort Leavenworth, still.
Gordie, please tell me, if you can, what times do the trains roll in..............................................
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Post by markland on Aug 13, 2007 12:49:33 GMT -6
When was Tom moved to Fort Riley? I thought he was at Fort Leavenworth, still. Gordie, please tell me, if you can, what times do the trains roll in.............................................. Gordie, very true.
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Post by Tricia on Aug 13, 2007 13:05:45 GMT -6
Nice shot, Billy. I'm kind of surprised they didn't include his ACW brevet rank upon said tombstone ...
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