If George Armstrong Custer had some Winchester repeaters it sure would have helped! It also would have helped if had taken that shipment of Gatling guns with him. Also, he refused additional help from other troops stating that he "could whip any bunch of Indians" or something to that effect. LoL!
There is a spot up in Austin where Custer stayed with his wife and his volunteer troops after the civil war. On our last trip up to Deadwood we visited the Custer State Park. I've read several books about Custer's last stand where he was wiped out by Sitting Bull. The Black Hills of South Dakota is full of evidence of Custer, including a county, town. According to almost all historians, Custer's first big mistake was going there in the first place; and the second big mistake is when he divided his troops into two groups, 208 splitting off with Major Reno; and then his third big mistake was charging in too soon against Crazy Horse. It should be noted that Custer graduated last in his class at West Point. Go figure. Custer State Park: [image: Inline image 1] Read more: 'A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn - the Last Great Battle of the American West' by James Donovan Back Bay Books, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custer_State_Park On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 9:55 PM, <s3raph...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > George Armstrong Custer wore a Stetson hat at The Battle of Little Big > Horn. > > > He would have been better off stocking up on Winchester 73 repeaters. It > seems the Indians at his Last Stand had those but his troops had > old-fashioned carbines. Better at long range but no match for rapid fire. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3FdrbfvEPI > > > I'm a Brit so Yanks fascination with guns bemuses me. But those old cowboy > film guns - the Winchester rifle and the Colt revolvers - have an appealing > style. They're so simple, but so perfect. They really are beautiful. > > > I find, say, a Schmeisser submachine gun, or modern weapons, utterly > obscene. I mean really and truly nauseating. They are killing devices. But > the simplicity and elegance of those frontier weapons. Wow! > > > Probably just the subliminal appeal of modern entertainment! > > > > >
