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Post by benteen on Feb 9, 2016 16:04:36 GMT -5
Forum Members,
I have this book which has some interesting facts in it. While it is quiet I thought I might put one up from time to time. Hope you enjoy them.
Fact....The state of Massachusetts provided 44 men to the 7th Cavalry column which rode to the Little Big Horn on June 25th, 1876. Twenty of those men were killed(45.4%), the highest casualty rate of any substantial state group.
Be Well
Dan
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Post by dave on Feb 9, 2016 19:38:19 GMT -5
Dan
I look forward to more goodies!
Regards
Dave
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Post by benteen on Feb 10, 2016 12:54:24 GMT -5
Dan I look forward to more goodies! Regards Dave Dave, OK my friend here is another. Fact...Pvt Michael Madden(CO K) was one of the volunteers who risked his life by fetching water for the wounded at the Reno-Benteen site by going down Water Carriers Ravine to the Little Big Horn River on June 26 1876, severely wounded, Pvt Madden lost his leg, but survived for many years. For reasons unknown he was not awarded the Medal of Honor, one of three "Water Carriers" to be ignored by the awards board. Be Well Dan |
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Post by dave on Feb 10, 2016 13:11:44 GMT -5
Dan Obviously he was not connected to the GOP as Goldin was! Seriously, hasn't it always been the case the true heroes are never recognized or awarded medals? Madden was the doing his duty as a soldier and did not seek recognition like the Goldin's of the world. Speaking of heroes the web site below discusses the heroic actions of this Marine! Truly he was the epitome of Semper Fi! taskandpurpose.com/how-chesty-puller-earned-his-5-navy-crosses/ |
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Post by benteen on Feb 10, 2016 17:10:32 GMT -5
Dan Obviously he was not connected to the GOP as Goldin was! Seriously, hasn't it always been the case the true heroes are never recognized or awarded medals? Madden was the doing his duty as a soldier and did not seek recognition like the Goldin's of the world. Speaking of heroes the web site below discusses the heroic actions of this Marine! Truly he was the epitome of Semper Fi! taskandpurpose.com/how-chesty-puller-earned-his-5-navy-crosses/Dave, Yes he was. Every Marine is told of Chesty. No one can doubt his extreme courage and as one of the most iconic Marines that ever lived. However, there were times when "Chesty" was to much into "Gung Ho" "semper FI" and not enough for the safety of his men. On Peleliu he was a Colonel in charge of the 1st Marine regiment. At one particular location there was open ground surrounded by high ground which the Japanese had bracketed with machine guns and morters. He sent men into this to this. When the first group got chewed to pieces, he kept sending more to the degree that he lost 71% of his 1st battalion and 56% over all of his regiment. The highest casualty rate in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps. Be Well Dan |
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Post by dave on Feb 10, 2016 17:39:50 GMT -5
Dan
In Burke Davis's book Marine! there was a young officer who commented, paraphrasing that it is, that Puller was a "Hey Diddle Diddle Right Up the Middle" commander. Puller believed you had fewer casualties using this strategy. In fact it wasn't till I read Jon T. Hoffman's Chesty! and Sledge's With the Old Breed, that I heard about any criticism of him.
I place more value on Sledge's view since he was with the 5th Marnies on Peleliu and saw first hand the carnage that befell Puller's command.
Hoffman was really the first Marine to share with the outside world what the Marine Corps knew regarding Chesty. He exposed him warts and all.
Regards
Dave
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Post by benteen on Feb 12, 2016 12:29:01 GMT -5
Jacob Horner (Pvt Co C) who was on detached service at the Yellowstone Depot from June 15, 1876, was the last surviving member of the 7th Cavalry regiment who participated in the Sioux Expedition of 1876. Horner died in Bismarck (ND) in 1951.
Be Well
Dan
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Post by benteen on Feb 13, 2016 16:28:02 GMT -5
Lt. W.S. Edgerly (Co D) observed "When McDougall came up with the packs we commenced utilizing them for breastworks. When the first box of herd bread was put down on Benteens line a man threw himself down behind it very eagerly. He had hardly gotten his head against the box when a bullet came tearing through it, killing the man instantly. Strange as it may sound here, nearly every man who saw this laughed"
Be Well
Dan
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Post by benteen on Feb 15, 2016 16:05:52 GMT -5
Only 22 of the "American" soldiers serving in or with the 7th Cavalry at LBH were from states in the old Confederacy. Georgia(2) Louisiana(2) North Carolina(3) South Carolina(3)
Tennessee(2) Texas(1) and Virginia(9).
Be Well
Dan
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Post by dave on Feb 15, 2016 16:37:54 GMT -5
Dan
The number of ex Confederates serving in the 7th as well as the rest of the army will probably will never be known with any accuracy. The South was devastated after the War and many had nothing to return home to. The vast majority or Rebels were small farmers prior to the War and they had no livestock or horses or mules to plow with.
In Mississippi in 1865 over 20 percent of the state's budget went to providing prosthetic limbs to the state’s veterans. Prior to the War over half the population were slaves. So as you can see that many fled West and ended up in the army because they needed room and board.
Regards
Dave
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Post by dave on Feb 15, 2016 17:26:24 GMT -5
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Post by benteen on Feb 17, 2016 13:35:43 GMT -5
Dave, Thank you. That was very interesting, and the gentlemen that posted are very knowledgeable. It is a shame that Billy and Joe dont post anymore. Be Well Dan |
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Post by benteen on Feb 17, 2016 13:36:46 GMT -5
Many, if not most, of the rivers relevant to the 1876 Sioux Expedition flowed North, rather than flowing South as the great majority of American rivers do. Therefor, when a movement was made "upriver" the troops were moving South. "Downriver" meant North. The rivers (And creeks) so affected, in the context of the Expedition, were the Yellowstone, the Rosebud, the Powder, the Big Horn, the Little Big Horn, Reno Creek, and others.
Be Well
Dan
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Post by tubman13 on Feb 17, 2016 14:13:04 GMT -5
Dan, they all had one thing in common, the Missouri river Valley and the terrain falling that way.
Regards,
Tom
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Post by benteen on Feb 17, 2016 15:02:28 GMT -5
Dan, they all had one thing in common, the Missouri river Valley and the terrain falling that way. Regards, Tom Tom, Thank you, I appreciate that. I think it would have been prudent for the author Jerry L. Russell to have included that so people would know why the rivers flowed as they did. Be Well Dan |
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