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Post by noggy on Feb 6, 2022 9:59:40 GMT -6
You are correct, Finerty had an accidental discharge with his Colt prior to the battle of Rosebud. He managed to bang his rifle into his revolver which went off, but the shot ripped through his saddle but did not harm him or anyone else. And oh; during the Rosebud fight, a warrior named White Wolf accidentally shot himself in the thigh or leg when pulling out his rifle from his scabbard. Noggy "We came near having a casualty in the accidental discharge of the revolver of Mr. John F. Finerty, the bullet burning the saddle and breaking it, but, fortunately, doing no damage to the rider. By daylight of the next day, June 17, 1876, we were marching down the Rosebud." John Bourke's Story of the Battle www.astonisher.com/archives/museum/rosebud/john_bourke_rosebud.html#finerty_burn_saddleThank you for that. Here's another and more (just a little but still9 detailed rendition of what happened, on the end of page 49 and beginning of page 50 (the article seems to be a good read for anyone interested in the battle at Rosebud, btw) scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1857&context=sahs_reviewNoggy
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Post by agarbers on Feb 7, 2022 4:28:01 GMT -6
Thanks!!!
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Post by backwater on Feb 24, 2022 10:26:11 GMT -6
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Post by backwater on Feb 24, 2022 15:03:01 GMT -6
Can see how a revolver would be constantly banged up with this set up. minus the sword
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Post by backwater on Mar 25, 2022 15:24:58 GMT -6
Abraham B. Brant. During the Battle of the Little Bighorn he was involved in the hilltop portion of the fight. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for bringing water to the wounded under a most galling fire. He died on October 4, 1878 in camp near Camp Ruhlen, Dakota, of accidental gunshot wounds to the abdomen, by his own hand. He was shot while handing his revolver to the First Sergeant. He died the night before he was to receive his Medal of Honor. 7thtroopers.blogspot.com/p/abram-brant_9.html
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Post by crzhrs on Mar 26, 2022 9:12:12 GMT -6
backwater:
Wonderful link. Never knew it existed. Lots of great info and the photos/film are excellent.
One aspect of the LBH is the number of participants both White/Red who lived well into the 20th century.
Some were still alive when I was born which tells us this isn't "ancient history". There are many elders alive who knew the participants which is even more amazing!
Will spend some time going through the website
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Post by noggy on Mar 27, 2022 3:17:10 GMT -6
Agree with the last speaker. Awesome also to see, somewhat surprisingly, that the site actually quotes one of my all-time favorite bands (Motorhead). There seems be a lot of great info in the link, so thanks for that, backwater.
All the best, Noggy
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Post by backwater on Mar 27, 2022 9:38:36 GMT -6
Thank you all! love this site. Weird i found that on national medal of honor day, which i didn't know about either. Camp Ruhlen was First name of Fort Meade.
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