Custer's 7th: Myles Keogh☘️ Irish Luck Couldn't Save Him 

Most people tell a story --- you breathe life into it. Always a pleasure to listen to you.

A sad ending for a gallant soldier! Thanks Siobhan for giving Miles Keough his due!!!

Thank you Siobhan another excellent presentation. Miles died with his men the troopers that loved him and died trying to protect him. Thank you for honoring his story it was one that deserved to be told and told extremely well. He was a gallant officer who fought a good fight against overwhelming odds a man who Custer trusted to command one half of his command that fateful day. Again thank you for telling his story.

This episode was worth the wait. Wherever Keogh is in the after life, no matter looking up or down on you, I wager he is smiling.

Brilliant video Siobhan! Captain Keogh was one of the most courageous men on that battlefield, June 25, 1876. He’s definitely worthy of a full blown bio-pic imho

Keough, writes with emotion like only a true Irishman can. :) Great job Siobhan.

I read an Indian account of the ending of the great battle of Greasy Grass. He told, when the shooting had stopped, and the smoke and dust cleared, only one of the soldiers was still standing. He was badly wounded with many arrows and rifle shots, but still he fought on until we finally cut him down. He was the bravest man we faced that day. We called him Two Bars for the marks on his coat. I would like to believe it was Myles.

You are a great historical researcher as well as an amazing story teller of everything "Custer". This account of Capt. Myles Keogh is my favorite to date. A big thank you!!

I wish you could have been my history teacher in H.S. (back when they actually taught American history). Siobhan your accents and pictures add a dash of reality to these historic moments. Thank you for your time and work on these videos 😊

Superb presentation of a fascinating story

Superb work yet again ma'am ... Well Done 😊

Excellent work as usual! I always look forward to the next installment... I have a book about captain Grant Marsh, commander of the steamboat Far West. Steamboat captains had a legendary status on the western rivers. Due to the difficult and constantly changing nature of the Big Muddy, Missouri captains were considered the cocks of the walk, Grant Marsh the most legendary of all. After the battle, the Far West made a record run to deliver news of the disaster on the Little Bighorn to the families at Fort Abraham Lincoln and newspapermen in Bismarck.

Some great points that I recall now thanks to your video. I read one newspaper account where Keogh had a wagon of whiskey to himself and that an officer senior to Custer was confiscating all of the alcohol in the campaign or expedition in which Custer stood for Keogh and stated it was a personal item. Such as was packers hired to care for extra horses and camp items. Keogh could afford a wagon. Commanche was said to be a company horse, but Keogh swapped out that day and rode it as his other horse was needing rest. Another thing to mention is the black robes and there is a mention by one person of the Minnesota Uprising that once a Sioux took up religion it took. The Black Robe of Minnesota wrote a wonderful defense of the native's rights and of being wronged in 1873 when all other wanted punishments for all. The black robes did a wonderful job and I think it was even Father Desmet that new of the yellow rocks and told the natives to keep it secret or it would mean their destruction. The idea that Keogh was first on the Maguire Becker map and no number two as well as him having the largest marker with his name on it... gives an idea of what the men thought of him. They kept his horse, and they built a large marker and they put his name first on the map... The idea that he was shot and yet his NCO's stayed loyal and never left him and died around him. Possibly it was him that rode between the warriors and his men. also mentioned before by others that it was French in the bottoms with Reno as he fell back. Possibly both did the same thing but not mutilated is a strong thing.

Thank you for this second episode. Myles Keogh was a fine officer and a great fighter. Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were amazing warriors and leaders. Strategy by the Indians to break the lines and stampeding the 7th Army horses to create confusion was a game changer. Excellent work and bringing history to life.

A lot more interesting detail about this brave man than I've heard before, ever. Thank you for all the hard work!

My first time watching one of your video's, as a Military History nerd myself I'm very impressed with your description and detail of the battle. Thank you for an enjoyable (but heart-breaking) hour.

Does anyone else's stomach turn when they hear how Benteen held a camping spot for "good friend" Keogh knowing 16 hours later he would sit on his backside 15 minutes away listening to Keogh's battalion fight for its life?

Thank you for this wonderful presentation. I’ll drop by the museum in Carlow during the week, view the pipe and, remember the Captain. 👍

Hi ! Another amazing video from my favorite female improver ! I love how you put real feelings into your story !✌️That makes the story come alive through your God given talent for sure. Thanks again for all your hard work !🙏😊🇺🇲✌️

Ms. Fallon, I absolutely love this podcast! You give the viewer a true sense of being there as the battle unfolds. Your research and presentation are second to none.

Definitely at the top of the list of your many excellent presentations! Thanks for posting.

I thought Id probably heard this. But NO! IT WAS GREAT! The part about Comanche, WOW! It was ALL GOOD! Thank you!

Great presentation!An amazing story of a legend. God rest Col. Keogh and men of the 7th!

As usual a fantastic extremely well-researched video I have often wondered about miles Kehoe and find him fascinating all the more so now that I have seen this I might add that you are a brilliant storyteller I might also add could I have been considering the wider View of the whole Custer thing that very same summer Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone the phonograph was soon to make an appearance the world was about to Lurch into a technological Revolution the likes of which would not be seen until our time the LBH My have been the last occurrence of the 19th century

Superb job Siobhan, I enjoy alll these videos greatly, and this one might be the best one yet! I love the use of all the firsthand accounts. Looking forward to the next one.

I hope they commemorate him back in his home town in Ireland. Thanks for another great video.

Fascinating! 👍 Great work, as always!✌️❤

Always a pleasure listening to you! Thank you for your work efforts!

I really enjoyed your Keogh episodes! Another fantastic story by you! Mucho gracias!

I love the details you go into about each video, well prepared.

Great primary source research. I learn something surprising from each new video. Great work!

The other reason that the Gatling not brought along was that a cheap Congress would only authorize the Army to purchase horses rejected for Cavalry use to haul Gatlings. Also, the Matabele war of 1893 later showed that while rapid fire weapon (Maxim Gun) was splendid in a fixed defense facing human wave assaults of thousands of Matabele (Zulu offshoot) on foot... the Sioux and Cheyenne were not going to launch multi-regimental ground assaults. If Custer's immediate group had a Gatling (would have to be on mule-back as wagons not used at LBH...) assuming that the gunners managed to get it assembled...they would have soon been shot down... Yankee Papa

Thank you ma'am.

What an incredible achievement ending. I hope that you do more videos like this because it was absolutely captivating. 👏

As always, outstanding work

Just finished both parts. Again, you have knocked the ball WAY out of the park! An excellent study of one of the most intriguing figures in the Little Bighorn saga.

Superb! Thanks for your brilliant videos.

Excellent job as always! I learn something every time I watch your shows.

My great grand uncle John Hackett from Dublin was in the seventh cavalry for most of his life and fought and was wounded twice in the valley and hilltop fight. He and his other brother,Hugh, had come over to the states after the return of his elder brother who had fought and was wounded in the last few months of the civil war. He wrote a ‘famous’ letter to a family member outlining this history.

Another fabulous video, Mrs. Fallon. Hope to see another one soon

Wow! Siobhan, I love the way you show all the photos. I love history and this is VERY helpful! Please keep posting videos!

As always Siobhan fabulous content. Thank you

Outstanding video. Thank you.

Siobahn: Thanks for another great video into the life of CPT Keogh. Fate dealt him a cruel ending to an extraordinary life, RIP Myles.

Thank you Siobhan for another highly instructive video. I really enjoyed it. The detail about trooper Wild of I company is intriguing. This sets the cat among the Ford B pigeons!

We all knew about Comanche and Capt. Keogh. Did not know about Paddy. I also just found out that Custer was riding a horse named Victory or Vic for short. Some report that Victory went with the Sioux and was sold in Canada. Other's say Victory was recognized as one of the dead horses used as a barricade on Last Stand Hill.

Terrrific! I love learning about Keogh! Thanks for posting this video!

I suggest that you are never "off base". Quite the opposite. The detail you present is a study of the individual that is often otherwise lost amongst other accounts. Additionally; where history is murky, you offer reasonable alternatives. Once again, your efforts are respected and most appreciated. Thank you

Excellent video, been wanting a video on Captain Myles Keogh for years now.🤔👍🏾

Great job on this presentation!!

Well done Siobhan..... All fascinating stories. Great work

Congratulations Siobhan, part two of Captain Keogh's story was well worth waiting for, brilliant story telling. You should be writing a film script using all your 7th Cavalry episodes. Please carry on with your project. Look forward to more of the same.

Very good video.

Was looking forward to part two and you did not disappoint! And as always I learned something new once again. I wonder how the battle may have turned out if Reno had been sent packing after the failed scouting mission? Keep up the good work and look forward to your next effort. Have a great Easter with your family!

He was lucky up until the end! You have such a special talent of humanizing these battles and delving into the backstories of these soldiers. I will be anxiously waiting for your next release!

Very Nice documentary 👍

Great can’t wait to see what’s next.

Excellent narrative. Although I have read and watched quite a bit on the battle, I learned many details I hadn't heard before.

Now ya know as much about Myles Keogh as me, Siobhan, probably even more!!!! When l get to Leighlinbridge in the summer l'll take a few more pics of his menorial and the Keogh stained glass window in the church for ya! Niall.

Thank you a great account.

I really enjoy your stories,,thanks for bring them to the general public

Great job Siobhan, Captain Keogh is smiling!

I'm glad that you pointed out the "drunken Irish" stereotype, Siobhan. I'm an Irish teetotaler but if I had my heart broken, as what's supposedly happened to Keogh, and being in the Cavalry at that time I'd be a boozer and totally sozzled for sure!

As always Siobhan another fantastic piece on a remarkable member of the 7th Cavalry.

You;ve really brought the doomed horse soldiers of the 7th to life. Keogh seems a fine officer & gentleman, tho my favorite of Custer's riders to learn about, Captain Weir. Before your excellent YT channel like many others, I'd known the Last stand infamous names, Reno & Benteen but now many others & they all seem so much more "real." and all b/c of your thorough as it is thoughtful reseach & storytwlling skills. Bravo & t/y Siobhan Fallon. An add on compliment too if I may ... Another famous American war story is that of the magnificent Jimmy Doolitlle & his brave Raiders of WorldWarII. A very dedicated historian of theirs was so appreciated by his work retelling all, he was actually given honorary status among them. A truly humbling but well-earned privilege. I like to think the Custer's men too would offer you such an honor as well. And your welcome would be every bit as bona fide.

Really awesome stuff here, Siobhan! You SO make the history of Custer and the Seventh come alive! Interestingly enough-- this week, in a used book store, I found an original copy of the Charles O'Malley novel, in good shape, for $10! As I look at it, I'm thinking, my God, this is the book that inspired both GAC and Keogh! Talk about coincidences!

Hello, beautiful! Thank you for the history!

We may never know the real history of what happened at the LBH. This is one of the better interpretations.

What a great video - thank you very much indeed! A bit like the story of Ishlandwana.

Now I know much more about Capt. Keogh, due to your work, Siobhan. In addition, I've done a little research on my own regarding this gentleman. War was his career from the young age of 20. I'm certain that it began to affect his life through drink and no longer attending Mass or going to Confession. I do believe that he had a premonition that his death was near, well prior to Little Bighorn. Nevertheless, I found nothing substantiating that he was abusive alcoholic, as one party had claimed.

so many Irishmen had to join foreign armies instead of serving in the home front against the Brits... my ancestors left Kerry after the Irish rebellion lead by the O'Donoghue`s in the 17th century and joined later the Spanish Royal Navy, serving in Guam, the Philippines, and South America. I`ve been back in Ireland this year and visited Ross Castle (Killarney) and the former lands of my clan, it was amazing! I know the Indian Wars, since Red Cloud quite well and this series of videos has been very informative and interesting. Down here we also have quite many stories about our own Indian wars... Greetings from wild, wet, windy, and wonderful Western Patagonia

Brilliant documentary

Your presentations are excellent!

If Reno had stayed in the fight in the valley, even if from the woods, GAC may have made his crossing. If GAC had sent Benteen and Reno together to hit the village I also believe GAC would have made the crossing and the village would have been dispersed and the lodges etc. burned. and many horses taken. (IMHO).

Thank you Ma'am!

Great job.

You are awesome, young lady! Wonderful story teller!

Interesting, the first time I heard the possibility of Keogh going into the medicine tail, it seems likes Yates has been the nornal possibility . Love the info.

Thanks!

So glad I found this channel!

Excellent Siobhan - as an historian of US History and US Military History, of course, the Battle of the Little Bighorn has been a subject I have read of well - this Series of yours and I have read them all, I believe, so far, is the best that I have read on Custer and his Lieutenants. Excellent research - did I say EXCELLENT research! I might add, also excellent analysis - though I might add that at the time of the Civil War and long after, Protestants and Catholics were MOSTLY not tolerant of each other, with most of it that Protestants loathed Catholics. Perhaps in the circles that Keogh was in there was more tolerance because of his beliefs and the shared military background. Keep up the great work, Siobhan. 🙂

Excellent, well done 👏 Siobhon.

Interesting details and photos

Custer's INNER CIRCLE ALL DIED THOSE HE DIDN'T LIKE WERE LUCKY

SF, could you explain why/how Calhoun's Company, Keogh's Company, Tom Custer's Company and Smith's Company were separated from G. Custer's & Yates groups? That map you showed tells a tale that can't be overlooked. They were all separated and destroyed piecemeal. Much easier to do that than destroy the entire group together. Thanks again for another compelling aspect of this incredible piece of American history.

Well done.

What a Brave life, and a wonderful story. And you told Keogh's story beautifully. ❤ Regards from Canada 🇨🇦

Nice job

A 19th century knight extraordinaire , RIP

I recently visited the Battle site and noted Keogh`s death site. It would make perfect sense that Keogh was with Custer at the attempted river crossing and for a time at least on Last stand hill.. I believe Keogh and at least some of his men left last stand hill after realising the battle was hopeless in an attempt to get to Weir, Reno and Benteen. I think this because the line from last stand hill to Keogh`s final site in a dead straight line as marked out by the soldiers burial markers down the side of a ridge which would have been practically impossible for troops running up hill ( as is thought, trying to Join Custer ) on ground sloping from left to right and while under fire

Beautifully done...your story was riveting! I thought I knew a lot about the 7th Cavalry but my knowledge was limited to campaigns and not much in the way of individuals beyond significant officers. Needless to say, I'm learning a lot from you. When you are through with this series would you consider putting it on a DVD? I am curious that you didn't tell the story of the officer's call the night before the battle where the 7th Cavalry guidon kept falling. It seemed to me that beyond what you pointed out that also served as a 'bad omen," particularly among the leadership.

Quite the guy I find it fascinating the Indians did not desecrate his body as they had everyone else. Hearing you're version of why he was left alone makes sense. who knew being bitten by a snake would be a good thing😂

Looking forward to paying my respects to the black hills monument of the great tasunke witco oglala lacota ❤

Brilliant piece 👏 regards from Ireland 🇮🇪

Really love all your work as you do and excellent presentation. Maybe one day you can do the same for Isaiah Dorman.

Love that Lackey map!!!

soon they will put his marker where it was originally.

A couple of tidbits about Comanche, it was said that he became despondent and died of heartbreak after his caretaker (Gustave Korn) was killed at Wounded Knee. Pretty sad. He was the first and ultimately one of only four horses buried with full military honors in the United States.

Should have had more Scots backbone in the ranks, or better still have respected the finest fighting cavalry soldiers on earth at that time ... The Lakota .... Respect to Captain Keogh.

Okay, Sorry I wrote that before I watched all of the vid My bad and well done ...