The Custer Fight; Capt. Benteen's Story Of The Battle by Captain Frederick W. Benteen E. A. Brininstool

Author:Captain Frederick W. Benteen, E. A. Brininstool [Captain Frederick W. Benteen, E. A. Brininstool]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Criminals & Outlaws, Rich & Famous, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, Native American Studies, History, United States, 19th Century
ISBN: 9781786252579
Google: hi9wCwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Published: 2015-11-06T04:20:03+00:00

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE’S OPINION

On July 7th, 1876, the Chicago Tribune printed a column-length editorial on the Little Big Horn battle in which it also attributed the disaster to Custer himself, saying among other things:

“Custer...was a brave, brilliant soldier, handsome and dashing, but he was reckless, hasty and impulsive, preferring to make a dare-devil rush and take risks rather than to move slower and with more of certainty, and it was his own mad-cap haste, rashness and love of fame that cost him his own life, and cost the service the loss of many brave officers and gallant men.”

“No account seems to have been taken of the numbers or leadership of the Sioux, or of their past record of courage and military skill. No account was even taken of the fact that Gen. Gibbon was coming to the Little Big Horn with reinforcements, only a day’s march behind, although Gen. Custer was aware of it. He preferred to make a reckless dash and take the consequences, in the hope of making a personal victory and adding to the glory of another charge, rather than wait for a sufficiently powerful force to make the fight successful and share the glory with others. He took the risk, and he lost.”

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