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Post by herosrest on Feb 9, 2013 20:05:03 GMT -6
And so, with and from, in spite of and despite, what is now a century and more so since that flippant reply to testing of his testimony, Lt. George D. Wallace's quip stands as the joke of the the jokes to trouble and enfranchise pure and utter rubbish, wrapped in the finery of the armchair generals, pedant know it alls and the academic elites struggling with the aftermath of conquest. I did not say l had the time of the place. How utterly vexing. How completely ridiculously misunderstood by the entire armies of those who pore and paw through the tombe that is Marcus A. Reno's enquiry, ordained from on high to fritter away a month of follicle teasing and brow raising front page views as news. Gentlemen, ladies, one and all, a puzzle solved with the very silliness that is our humanity. Contemplate the words of Frederick Whiitaker with your eyes open, and minds tuned not to Little Big Horn but to human wit. Contemplate the farce of argument underway during early 1879, its personal implications, its ramifications and think it through. Smile at Wallace'd frippery: Whittaker wrote at page 586 of his book Now let us return to Reno's report, and try it by the test of time and place.
He says that Adjutant Cook told him to attack at 12.30, that he advanced altogether 4 miles, crossed a river, halted ten minutes, had his fight, and came back, meeting Benteen.
When did he meet Benteen ?
Look back to the report. He there says of Benteen, "I did not blah, blah, blah......When next you consider, discuss, or argue this battle, you know more about it now, than anyone before save a handful of those smirking in Chicago, during 1879.
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Post by AZ Ranger on Feb 9, 2013 21:59:12 GMT -6
And we are suppose to pay attention to Whitaker's attention to detail and correctness of writing? Can you tell us who Herndon is on page 586? Remember Whitaker is stating he is quoting from the Army Navy Journal.
The rest of Whitaker's comments point to where he is coming from. Reno needed to die in his tracks so Custer might live.
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Post by herosrest on Feb 10, 2013 10:25:30 GMT -6
I basically agree, the attitudes forming the arguments about how 7th Cavalry's play unfolded are basically those of offence and defence minded players.
Wallace's time of the place - continually confuses thinking events through. Here is the nuts of it concerning Wallace's itinery from January 1877 used in conjuction with Maguire's report times of July '76, at RCoI.
Whilst RCoI provided plenty of meat and potatoes about LBH, Wallace was engaged in refuting the information published by Whittaker concerning times and his deduced conclusions.
Wallace brought the fog of war to the RCoI battlefield.
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Post by AZ Ranger on Feb 10, 2013 16:08:35 GMT -6
The problem is that Reno's report and Benteen's report both use the times of others so you can't use thier times as firsthand information. I believe Reno only had one time first hand with someone else's report and that was around 9 AM I believe.
AZ Ranger
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Post by herosrest on Feb 10, 2013 22:30:19 GMT -6
Exactly the same is true of Wallace and those who deferred to his times of day. Wallace's itinery was given to Lounsberry on July 5th 1876 and noted only noon, but was very specific as to distances marched up to that time. As you would expect of that document, which carried detail of the march until only noon because Wallace then joined Reno's advance.
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