tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post4013701183144945095..comments2024-03-04T04:43:32.083-06:00Comments on Expert Witness: History: 132 years ago on the Greasy Grass; TV: 44 years ago on the tubeJPGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01224444263429720535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-59449980446530262432008-06-27T17:30:00.000-05:002008-06-27T17:30:00.000-05:00I'm glad Custer and his men got their asses handed...I'm glad Custer and his men got their asses handed to them. Serves them right. It's a disgrace what was done to the native american peoples back in those days.<BR/><BR/>I personally hope Custer's soul is rotting in hell. It's what he deserves. He's no hero in my book.Assrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093506505019819353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-82066249707165016752008-06-26T03:14:00.000-05:002008-06-26T03:14:00.000-05:00It's not uncomon to call Custer a general-- see th...It's not uncomon to call Custer a general-- see <A HREF="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Little_Bighorn_memorial_obelisk.jpg" REL="nofollow">the obelisk dedicated to the fallen soldiers on the national cemetary</A>, which refers to him as a Brevet Major General. (Well, okay, it <I>actually</I> says "BVT. MAJ. GEN'L. G.A. CUSTER")<BR/><BR/>I thought that he still retained his brevet commission.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-90272328288555351822008-06-25T18:46:00.000-05:002008-06-25T18:46:00.000-05:00George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman novel, Flashman...George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman novel, Flashman and the Redskins is worth reading (as are all of the series). According to the historical coneit of the book, Flashie is the only white survivor of Little Big Horn and thus provides an eyewitness account of the action, along with some excellent character sketches of the principals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com