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Post by tubman13 on Mar 12, 2018 7:03:17 GMT -6
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Post by Colt45 on Mar 12, 2018 7:27:25 GMT -6
Tom, I don't think that is the book, as I don't remember the dark laurel on the front binding. Noggy made a good point that Sitting Bull died in December of 1890, so it is possible the date of publishing that I remember might have been referring to one of the resources used in the compilation of the book. It's just been too many years since I read it, but it was written at or near the turn of the century.
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Post by herosrest on Apr 4, 2019 6:19:24 GMT -6
Custer did get close to the river but wound up retreating from it. Unknown if it was ford B or ford D. I believe it was ford D. When I was a teenager, my mother the antique dealer brought home an old book on Indian wars, written in 1890. It was predominately about the ghost dancers (1890 timeframe) but had a section on LBH. One of the officers from Terry's command reported to the author of this book that they had found cavalry tracks that went down to the river, but made a u-turn and went back uphill. There were also a lot of unshod tracks going uphill, and the officer assumed this was a large force coming at Custer, hence his retreat from the ford. I no longer have that book and unfortunately cannot remember the title or author. I used that book as a resource for my ROTC assignment on how MOSSCOMES applies to battles and how ignoring those principles can get your ass kicked. I was assigned to study LBH and apply the principles to Custer and how he violated almost every one of them. .
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Post by Colt45 on Apr 7, 2019 19:43:22 GMT -6
HR, That could be the book, but the cover doesn't look like the one I had. Mine was an old tan leather-type binding. But the one you found certainly seems to fit the description. It might very well be the one we had a copy of way back when. Great find.
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