Post by Beth on Feb 11, 2015 2:29:08 GMT -6
Thanks QC and WO. This seems to be the kind of day where I am just my own worse enemy with totally scrambled logic.
One thing I have noticed it seems that whatever scenrio you play for the events of that day, about the only way you get any one out alive is with Reno and Benteen staying at Reno Hill.
A couple questions about Fred's first post
Was there any evidence besides McDougall's comments that Benteen didn't want to rock the boat with Reno? Is there an idea what their relationship was like before LBH?
Is anyone else struck by the coincidence how Moylan's remark echoes Custer's remark about Reno?
QC. Every time you say Hogan's ghost it reminds me of a song my grandma used to sing called Bill Grogan's Goat
Beth
One thing I have noticed it seems that whatever scenrio you play for the events of that day, about the only way you get any one out alive is with Reno and Benteen staying at Reno Hill.
A couple questions about Fred's first post
* CPT Thomas McDougall felt Benteen did not want to push it with Reno because Reno was highly jealous of his position and Benteen didn’t want to face the ramifications of possibly disobeying a direct order from Reno. A number of others—including Dr. Porter—felt Reno had lost control and that the de facto commander on the hill now became Benteen. Apparently, Moylan was also “whipped” and had lost control.
Godfrey, Moylan, and several other officers gathered on the hilltop to observe the Indians in the valley. According to Godfrey, Moylan said: “‘Gentlemen, in my opinion, General Custer has made the biggest mistake in his life, by not taking the whole regiment in at once in the first attack.’” [Willert, LBH Diary, p. 339; quoting Graham, The Custer Myth, p. 141]
Is anyone else struck by the coincidence how Moylan's remark echoes Custer's remark about Reno?
QC. Every time you say Hogan's ghost it reminds me of a song my grandma used to sing called Bill Grogan's Goat
Beth