David
Wed August 3, 2005 12:10pm
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General Nelson A. Miles
General Nelson A. Miles
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David
Wed August 3, 2005 12:38pm
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Col. John Gibbon
Col. John Gibbon led the Montana Column on the march from Fort Ellis to the Little Bighorn. A battle-scarred veteran of 34 years server, Gibbon gained fame in the Civil War as commander of the "Iron Brigade," and later rose to the rank of major general and the command of an infantry corps. After the war he continued in the Regular Army, serving for nearly 20 years as colonel of the 7th Infantry.
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David
Wed August 3, 2005 12:38pm
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Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Terr
Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Terry commanded the Dakota Column. A former lawyer, he rose to the rank of major general in the Civil War and distinguished himself in the capture of Fort Fisher, S.C. Near the end of the war he secured as brigadier's commission in the Regular Army and was later assigned to command the Department of Dakota. Although not a professional soldier, Terry proved an able and well-liked general.
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David
Wed August 3, 2005 12:41pm
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Capt. Thomas W. Custer
Capt. Thomas W. Custer, holder of two Congressional Medals of Honor, fell with the "last stand" group near his older brother.
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David
Wed August 3, 2005 12:42pm
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Little Bighorn Valley
Custer viewed the distant Little Bighorn Valley from the Crow's Nest at dawn on June 25. At noon the regiment paused on the divide between the Rosebud and Little Bighorn watershed, while Custer formed three battalions for the advance on the enemy, whose exact location was not yet known.
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David
Wed August 3, 2005 12:46pm
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Captain Keogh's claybank
Captain Keogh's claybank gelding, Comanche, was the only survivor of the battle for the U.S. Army. Near death with arrow and bullet wounds, the horse was found on the battlefield on June 27 and, with Reno's wounded soldiers, was taken aboard the steamer Far West for the journey back to Fort Lincoln. Comanche's remains are now enshrined at the University of Kansas.
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David
Wed August 3, 2005 12:51pm
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Bvt. Maj. Gen. George Arm
On October 10, 1877, the remains of Bvt. Maj. Gen. George Armstrong Custer, lieutenant colonel of the 7th Cavalry, were buried with full military honors in the cemetery near the Old Cadet Chapel at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. Today, a large granite monument marks the grave.
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David
Wed August 3, 2005 3:10pm
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Chief Joseph of the Nez P
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perc
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David
Wed August 3, 2005 3:11pm
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Chief Looking Glass, one
Chief Looking Glass, one of Chief Joseph's most able lieutenants. Killed during the Nez Perc? war.
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David
Wed August 3, 2005 3:14pm
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Santiago McKinn was taken
Santiago McKinn was taken in 1885 by Chiricahua Apaches from his home near Mimbres, New Mexico Territory. Well treated during his five months with the Apache, Santiago assimilated their lifestyle and spoke the language. He cried when taken from the Apaches to be returned to his original family.
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Matzos
Wed August 3, 2005 10:28pm
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TSR 2
The British Aircraft Corporation's TSR-2 was an ill-fated cold war project in the early 1960s to create what would, at that time, have been one of the most advanced aircraft in the world, with supercruise ability, and similar thrust and Mach 2+ performance to the Rockwell B-1A and significantly higher performance than the current Boeing IDS B-1B
Project cancellation
The American team behind the General Dynamics F-111 project had been pressing their case and newspaper reports had suggested that the RAF were considering it. In response to suggestions of cancellation, BAC employee's had held a protest march. The new Labour (and suposedly pro-worker) government, which had come into power in 1964, issued strong denials. In the budget speech of April 6, 1965, the cancellation in favour of the F-111 was announced. A week later the Chancellor defended the decision in a debate in the House of Commons, saying that the F-111 would prove to be cheaper.
The TSR-2 tooling and partially completed aircraft were scrapped. The two finished aircraft survived, though with substantial internal damage inflicted, and can be seen in the RAF Museum at Cosford, and the Imperial War Museum at Duxford. A number of unfinished airframes were hastily scrapped, with very few parts retained intact. The only airframe to ever fly, XR219, was taken to Shoeburyness and used for as a target to test the vulnerability of a modern airframe and systems to gunfire. The haste with which the project was scrapped has been the source of much argument and bitterness since - some feel it was done with vindictiveness to score political points, though others have suggested that it was simply to prevent the very high technology secrets falling into the wrong hands, as the cancellation came at a period of particular paranoia during the cold war. Instead of the TSR-2, the RAF decided it would buy the swing-wing American General Dynamics F-111 - however, the F-111 itself suffered such enormous cost escalation (exceeding that of the TSR-2 projection ) that the RAF eventually cancelled their order, procuring instead the F-4 Phantom II and the Blackburn Buccaneer, some of which were transferred from the Royal Navy. Ironically, this was the very same aircraft that the RAF chose to deride in order to get the TSR-2 the go-ahead. Fortunately, the Buccaneer proved very capable and was still in service into the early 1990s. The TSR-2 nonetheless remains a lingering 'what if?' of British aviation, as painful in Britain as the Avro Arrow in Canada
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David
Thu August 4, 2005 11:31pm
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Richardson, W. A. Ass't Q
Richardson, W. A. Ass't Quartermaster Maj. James Odd Battalion. Lieut. Col. Mexican War, Member of Congress, Gov. of Nebraska, and U. S. Senator to suceed Stephen A. Douglas.
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David
Fri August 5, 2005 5:19am
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Newhall, Dr. Horatio.
Newhall, Dr. Horatio.
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David
Fri August 5, 2005 10:50am
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King Philip, Metacom, sec
King Philip, Metacom, second son of Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoag, who attained that office himself through the death of his father and elder brother in 1661-62, and to the English was better known as Philip of Pokanoket, or King Philip. He was the most remarkable of all the Indians of New England. For 9 years after his elevation to the chieftaincy, although accused of plotting against the colonists, he seems to have devoted his energies to observation and preparation rather than to overt actions of a warlike nature. He even acknowledged himself the king's subject. But war with the English teas inevitable, and the struggle called King Philip's war (1675-76) broke out, resulting in the practical extermination of the Indians after they had inflicted great losses upon the whites.
The ability of King Philip is seen in the plans he made before the war began, the confederacy he formed, and the havoc lie wrought among the white settlements. Of 90 towns, 52 were attacked and 12 were completely destroyed. The bravery of the Indians was in many cases remarkable. Only treachery among the natives in all probability saved the colonists from extinction.
In the decisive battle, a night attack, at a swamp fortress in Rhode Island, Aug. 12, 1676, the last force of the Indians vas defeated with great slaughter, King Phillip himself being among the slain. His body was subjected to the indignities usual at that time, and his head is said to have been exposed at Plymouth for 20 years. His wife and little son were sold as slaves in the West Indies. Widely divergent estimates of King Philip's character and achievements have been entertained by different authorities, but he can not but be considered a man of marked abilities. Weeden (Ind. Money, 12, 1884) says: "History has male him 'King Philip,' to commemorate the heroism of his life and death. He almost made himself a king by his marvelous energy and statecraft put forth among the New England tribes.
Had the opposing power been a little weaker, he might have founded a temporary kingdom on the ashes of the colonies."
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David
Sun August 7, 2005 3:36am
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Nez Perce man
Nez Perce man
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