Ayup (old timey Marine saying), I'D like to see an Indian Wars forum too
Know what bothers me about criticizing Custer?
That his fabled cavalry unit might be besmirched... can't let myself risk that. I know, I know, there are competent and incompetent O's in every unit... Custer just stood out quite a bit in retrospect.
Tamaroa Bill!
- What does the literature say, if anything, maybe from the correspondence of the troopers (?) about how THEY saw Custer's officership?
- As a Civil War O, WAS his leadership worthy of the fast track promotions he got, in YOUR opinion? Or, were the Yanks so desperate that they'd have elevated a man who'd commit his grounders to suicide?