|
Post by The Herald Erjen on Jun 5, 2020 23:29:43 GMT
Which one? If you mean the OP, it was simply about whether or not a tactical blunder had been committed. By the same token, I think the Japanese made a mistake in not bombing the containers of fuel oil on the ground at Pearl Harbor, but to point it out doesn't mean that I'm on their side. basically: That may well be, but at the end the whites had railways and gatling guns and all the Indians had was alcoholism and Dee Brown and that was the bit that counted. odd statement. Agreed he could have left out the part about the alcoholism. DK who Dee Brown is. I'll have to google.
|
|
|
Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 6, 2020 0:54:46 GMT
basically: That may well be, but at the end the whites had railways and gatling guns and all the Indians had was alcoholism and Dee Brown and that was the bit that counted. odd statement. Agreed he could have left out the part about the alcoholism. DK who Dee Brown is. I'll have to google.
|
|
|
Post by The Herald Erjen on Jun 6, 2020 1:03:47 GMT
Agreed he could have left out the part about the alcoholism. DK who Dee Brown is. I'll have to google.
Ah, thanks, TheGoodMan19. You probably know this already, but at Wounded Knee the 7th had a breech-loading 37mm. Let's face it. It was revenge for what happened to Custer and his regiment.
|
|
|
Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 6, 2020 1:11:17 GMT
Ah, thanks, TheGoodMan19. You probably know this already, but at Wounded Knee the 7th had a breech-loading 37mm. Let's face it. It was revenge for what happened to Custer and his regiment. And you probably know the Colonel commanding the 7th was Samuel Sturgis. He was famous for getting one of the epic ass kickings in the Civil War at Brice's Cross Roads at the hands of Nathan Before Forrest. He didn't go on the expedition. Custer was the Lt. Colonel.
For those who don't know, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee was one of the first books that painted the natives is a positive light. A little too far for my tastes. It was good to unbias the history of the West from the Bloodthirsty Red Savages vs. the Noble White settlers and the heroic cavalry, but Dee Brown ignored some of the bad things the natives did.
|
|
|
Post by The Herald Erjen on Jun 6, 2020 1:16:01 GMT
Ah, thanks, TheGoodMan19. You probably know this already, but at Wounded Knee the 7th had a breech-loading 37mm. Let's face it. It was revenge for what happened to Custer and his regiment. And you probably know the Colonel commanding the 7th was Samuel Sturgis. He was famous for getting one of the epic ass kickings in the Civil War at Brice's Cross Roads at the hands of Nathan Before Forrest. He didn't go on the expedition. Custer was the Lt. Colonel.
For those who don't know, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee was one of the first books that painted the natives is a positive light. A little too far for my tastes. It was good to unbias the history of the West from the Bloodthirsty Red Savages vs. the Noble White settlers and the heroic cavalry, but Dee Brown ignored some of the bad things the natives did.
No, actually I didn't know that either, but it isn't too surprising. However, I do seem to remember that Edgar Rice Burroughs was a member of the 7th, and he didn't see any action. Interesting guy. I've read a few of his books.
|
|