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Post by herosrest on Apr 14, 2015 18:11:27 GMT -6
DucemusThere is a very special relationship between cavalrymen and their horses.
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Post by Beth on Apr 14, 2015 18:13:31 GMT -6
That's not the imagine I've always had of 'special' .
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Post by herosrest on Apr 14, 2015 18:19:01 GMT -6
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Post by herosrest on Apr 14, 2015 18:29:54 GMT -6
That's not the imagine I've always had of 'special' . DucemusJust the two of us............
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Post by Beth on Apr 14, 2015 18:32:27 GMT -6
Evidently some officers and scouts could get the enlisted to carry their horses.
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Post by herosrest on Apr 14, 2015 18:35:26 GMT -6
Ducemus
That's John Boy, Rooster Cockburn..........
Be well.
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Post by tubman13 on Apr 15, 2015 3:48:13 GMT -6
To retreat from an untenable position, to salvage the greater portion of your command, is not going AWOL. For what it is worth, he would have done the same thing had Custer been a Lt. General and had mismanaged the deployment of his troops in the same fashion. People have received medals for saving their troops and holding out against a larger force for 48 hours. Not saying Reno deserved a medal, but his actions in the valley were as they should have been, given the circumstances.
You certainly are not going to agree with me, and that is ok. If you turn up at the battlefield in June, I will buy the beer. You can try to bring me around to your point of view until your lungs bleed or I pass out.
Wild, and some on the other board and at least one on this board are firmly in your camp. I am not a fan of Reno, nor were many of the 7th's junior officers, in fact many expressed intense dislike for the man. Those same officers found little fault with his military actions, that day. The Army did not court martial, Reno obviously did enough of what was required of him, followed by extricating his men from certain death.
Regards, Tom
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Post by tubman13 on Apr 15, 2015 3:57:39 GMT -6
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Post by herosrest on Apr 16, 2015 18:23:46 GMT -6
DucemusInteresting........... you keep speckled hens? Capt. Paul G. Brown, 36th Fighter Squdron. MIA www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/qld134.htmStill, we go OT. There is an rather band blather winding through the current Ford D extravaganza, and I'll discourse a li'l since we are here. The western ford theories are cock and bull, here's why. The thinking is that a lightly pressured movement away from't creek (river, stream, coulee, valley- call it what you will) halted to hold off pursuits whilst the etrnally terminated Custer swanned off a couple of miles for a drink o' water. Returning to discover disaster. Well, the disaster occured in the timber when Reno fled the battle. So, let's combine all takes on the Custer fight as it moved to the western flank of Deep Coulee and 'dismounted' - that's correct, DISMOUTED, TO GIVE OUT VOLLEY FIRE. The Cheyennes and Sioux remained mounted, and rode around the hill. Their entire purpose was to protect their belongings and loved ones. There was no way Custer or anyone got near the river again, unmolested. Hostiles were east and west on fresh mounts and in the hills overlooking all movement. That is, they were on GGR. Some very sad work being done on this by people turning Reno into a fire breathing dragon slayer. Plus , of course, if Custer reached the western fords then he can be happily shot there without it reflecting on Reno. It was given by the Indians that Custer would have made a better show of it, had he moved north west. North west down the river and into the timber to shelter horses and near water. As he had done in 1873. I'm sure, eventually, Reno will be posthumously decorated, promoted and dug up again (if they got the right body for re-burial) to run for office.
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Post by tubman13 on Apr 20, 2015 21:21:49 GMT -6
HR, no more advertisements for your product, I am trying to bury that thread.
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Post by Beth on Apr 20, 2015 21:31:13 GMT -6
I found an interesting study on "The Theory of Blame" that I thought some would find interesting. link
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