Battle Little Big Horn: Seventh Cavarly
Dec 24, 2023 12:16:38 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Dec 24, 2023 12:16:38 GMT -5
Battle Little Big Horn: Seventh Cavalry
The battle of the Little Big Horn s considered as the last military stand of the North American Native Americans against European oppression. After having virtually exterminated the buffalo from the plains as a native American food source, the USA government had ordered the natives to reside in reservations.
Now had been forced to abide. However, contrary to that demand, a conglomeration of tribes had defiantly assembled at the location called the Little Big Horn River. So Custer and his Seventh Cavalry had been ordered to find them and to proceed as deemed wise and if deemed unwise to wait for reinforcements.
Now, the Seventh Cavalry usually proceeded by rounding up women and children as hostages and forcing the braves to surrender in order to assure their safety. So that was the general strategy that Custer had in mind and was evident in how the battle initially developed. But there were problems he was unaware of. The main one was the numbers he was dealing with. There were approx. at least three thousand braves, may of which were armed with not just with bows and arrows and tomahawks, but with repeating rifles.
Now had been forced to abide. However, contrary to that demand, a conglomeration of tribes had defiantly assembled at the location called the Little Big Horn River. So Custer and his Seventh Cavalry had been ordered to find them and to proceed as deemed wise and if deemed unwise to wait for reinforcements.
Now, the Seventh Cavalry usually proceeded by rounding up women and children as hostages and forcing the braves to surrender in order to assure their safety. So that was the general strategy that Custer had in mind and was evident in how the battle initially developed. But there were problems he was unaware of. The main one was the numbers he was dealing with. There were approx. at least three thousand braves, may of which were armed with not just with bows and arrows and tomahawks, but with repeating rifles.
Furthermore, Custer had compounded his disadvantage by stubbornly refuseing to take along cannon, Gatling guns and swords. So he could only rely on army-issued rifles that tended to jam from overheating. Furthermore, his horses and men were exhausted from travel and lack of sleep.
To compound his disadvantage even further, he separated his command of 600 into three sections. One under Reno, the other under Benteen and the rest under himself. So when he made contact with the village, a third of his force under Benteen was far beyond the scene of the action scouting out the area as he had been instructed to.
To compound his disadvantage even further, he separated his command of 600 into three sections. One under Reno, the other under Benteen and the rest under himself. So when he made contact with the village, a third of his force under Benteen was far beyond the scene of the action scouting out the area as he had been instructed to.