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You probably saw the movie thirty years ago. The one called The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer. The plot was simple. It asked what if Custer had survived Little Bighorn? IOTL, Custer led the 7th Cavalry to ruin at
Little Bighorn. He was killed with his brothers Tom, Boston, and all his men,
at the Little Bighorn in Montana. So what if Custer was actually court-martialled for his actions at Little Bighorn? What would the charges and specifications, (indictment in a civilian court,) be? Well, to start with, it would
begin with disobedience of orders, and continued from there to dereliction of
duty. IOTL, there were three survivors, Major Marcus Reno, Captain Frederick
Benteen, and a horse named Comanche. Would Custer have been saved had
Reno and Benteen come to his aid? We don't know but we do know that Custer
sent a message to Benteen to "bring packs." Meaning the pack trains of ammunition. So who would Custer's witnesses be? His brothers, Tom and Boston, for one, and maybe even Miles Keough, his interpreter, and his scouts.
Who would testify against him? We know that Custer founded Deadwood, South Dakota, two years earlier. He was also almost court-martialled then. Would Custer have made a good President? That's a subject for another post.
Little Bighorn. He was killed with his brothers Tom, Boston, and all his men,
at the Little Bighorn in Montana. So what if Custer was actually court-martialled for his actions at Little Bighorn? What would the charges and specifications, (indictment in a civilian court,) be? Well, to start with, it would
begin with disobedience of orders, and continued from there to dereliction of
duty. IOTL, there were three survivors, Major Marcus Reno, Captain Frederick
Benteen, and a horse named Comanche. Would Custer have been saved had
Reno and Benteen come to his aid? We don't know but we do know that Custer
sent a message to Benteen to "bring packs." Meaning the pack trains of ammunition. So who would Custer's witnesses be? His brothers, Tom and Boston, for one, and maybe even Miles Keough, his interpreter, and his scouts.
Who would testify against him? We know that Custer founded Deadwood, South Dakota, two years earlier. He was also almost court-martialled then. Would Custer have made a good President? That's a subject for another post.