Custer Vindicated
by Jack Pennington
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Author: Jack PenningtonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-12
ISBN: 0595455425
Number of pages: 234
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
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Book Review: A different persepective.
Summary: 2 Stars
I disagree with some of the arguments advanced in this book, yes l have been to LBH, and read all the books Graham, Connell, Utley among others and also SLA Marshall who wrote The Crimsoned Prairie, which l highly recommend. Custer did his best at LBH and the 7th got scooped, the Indians won, simple as that and deserved their victory, but someone has to come to Captain Benteen's defense and l will. I have read the Goldin letters, which he wrote in the twilight of his life, not when he was at the top of his game in the 1860s and 1870s. Many out there judge Captain Benteen on just one day June 25 1876 and know next to nothing about the rest of his life. I would like to quote here General Hugh Scott.
"I found my model early in Captain Benteen, the idol of the Seventh Cavalry on the upper Missouri in 1877, who governed mainly by suggestion; in all the years I knew him I never once heard him raise his voice to enforce his purpose. He would sit by the open fire at night, his bright pleasant face framed by his snow-white hair, beaming with kindness and humor, and often I watched his every movement. to find out the secret of his quiet steady government, that I might go out and govern likewise ... If he found this kindly manner were misunderstood, then his iron hand would close down quickly, but that was seldom necessary, and then only with newcomers and never twice with the same person." (Hugh Scott, Some Memories of a Soldier, p. 454.).
His military recorded has many recommendations for gallantry, the quote below is from the Arlington National Cemetery Website record of Captain Benteen as is the above quote from General Scott.
"Benteen was the toughest frontier officer in the cavalry. Holding the rank of major, but with the authority of a brevet (temporary) colonel, he later was brevetted to brigadier general for "gallant and meritorious services" at the Little Bighorn and Canyon Creek Indian battles in Montana Territory; he was the only officer so honored for the Little Bighorn".
It easy to judge in hindsight what Custer and Benteen did and should have done, but none of us were there and in the end there is a lot we do not know about what happened after Custer split off towards Medicine Tail Coulee.
Captain Benteen performed bravely and fought well on June 25 1876 at LBH despite what critics say. Please read more about Captain Benteens life and career before you denigrate him. He was born a Virginian but fought for the Union (against his father's wishes) and that took a lot of courage. Visit the Arlington National Cemetery Website and read what has been written about his career and read the books by the above authors who give diffennt perspectives on the battle on the Little Bighorn and check out the Arlington National Cemetery Website.
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