Custer's 7th: Tom Custer with Wild Bill Hickok, Rain-in-the-Face, & Lost Love

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Like his famous brother, General George Armstrong Custer, Tom fought in the US Army from the Civil War until the Battle of the Little Bighorn. But there are plenty of myth and mystery that surrounds this young man's life, from tales of him fighting Wild Bill Hickok, to the capture of Rain-in-the Face, to lady troubles...
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Reading List:
Tom Custer: Ride to Glory, by Carl F. Day
The Other Custers, by Bill Yenne
General Custer’s Libbie, By Lawrence Frost
Washita, by Jerome Greene
Custer and His Last Battle: The Benteen- Goldin Letters, edited by John Carroll
Indian Raids & Massacres, by Jeff Broome
Boots and Saddles, by Elizabeth Custer
Tenting on the Plains, by Elizabeth Custer
My Life on the Plains, by George Custer
Fates Change Horses: Camping with the Custers on the Heart River, by Gary Stewart
The Officer Corps of Custer’s Seventh Cavalry, James B. Klokner
Articles and Links:
Annie D’Onofrio, “Smithie We Hardly Knew You” CBMHA Symposium
Mark Miner’s www.minerd.com
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If you too have a passion for the 7th Cavalry, please consider joining:
Little Bighorn Associates
www.thelbha.com
Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association
custerbattlefield.org
Custer Association of Great Britain
www.english-westerners-society.org.uk
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@zingwilder9989 Месяц назад

Once again, Siobhan, you constructed another piece of the puzzle for me to gain an understanding of the late 19th Century US Army on the western frontier. In addition, it was certainly a sad story of young Tommy Custer being disavowed by his father. Moreover, the nonsensical stories from the "Dime Novels" were detrimental. One may as well have sat down to read a Superman or Batman comic book and call it "history." Unfortunately, at the time, there were very few Robert Utley's, Paul Hutton's or Siobhan Fallon's.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Kevin, thank you so much. I am humbled by your continued kindness and lovely support. The comic book connection is so true! But if people were making up stories about Tom, maybe at least it meant he was famous in his way, and not forgotten. I'm happy to do something small to try to make sure he's not forgotten too. And you are so good to support that 🙏

@zingwilder9989 Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 You are more than welcome, ma'am. Personally, I don't think that Tom Custer will ever be forgotten. Being awarded two Medals of Honor, alone, was something beyond extraordinary. However, you are indeed generating a more complete picture of his life, to include showing the dynamics of the Custer family. There was certainly celebrity, but no wealth.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@zingwilder9989 very true about the medals of honor! In that respect, he is lucking than George Custer, as Tom always has his MOH/ Civil War accolades and isn't only remembered in hindsight for the Little Bighorn!

@tudyk21 Месяц назад

22:16 I agree with you that the boy Tommy has a Custeresque appearance.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Right? Similar narrow eyes that Tom has...

@Defender78 Месяц назад

2:19 Tom C also looks a ton like actor Glen Powell, from Top Gun

@webbsamples Месяц назад

Excellent installmentt Siobhan! A lot here I have never heard before. Your approach to history rounds out these players and gives us insight on how complicated all of them really were.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

You are wonderful, Webb. I so appreciate your continued support and kind comments here 🙏

@webbsamples Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 That means much coming from you. When I see great work being done on You Tube, I want that person to know it's getting through. Some of the channels I've watched have over 1 million subcribers because they just kept putting out great programs. Siobhan, you deserve the loyalty that an ever-growing number of subscribers are showing. Much respect.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@webbsamples that's the loveliest message. People have been so good to me here 🙏 I'll keep at it and I know I'll get better. This summer I'm hoping to get better equipment to get rid of the sound issues, etc, and update the graphics. I love doing these videos and am excited every time I start a new one. And folks like you, Webb, make me feel so grateful that people out there "get" the work I'm doing. As always, thank you!

@sabresix7933 Месяц назад

@SiobhanFallon7 Hello. I've just returned from a second visit to the battlefield whilst on holiday. I live in Ireland.Got a question for you that may save me wading through more material to find the answer. Ive pondered it since my return.On 21st June, Terry, Custer and Gibbon met on the Far West before Custers fateful day. Gibbons Montana column had been on the trail for quite a while. Can you enlighten me. How did Gibbon advance to the Far West meeting?. Did he leave the majority of his command? Did the Far West go pick him up? I find plenty of reference of the meeting but little on how Gibbon reached Terry and Custer. And then how did he return to his command. If he came forward was he not in risk of stumbling into Indians as their locations was not fully known..I understand they had no knowledge of Crook and the Rosebud at the time.( maybe wrong on that) I'm sure if I continued to look I'd find more but maybe you could enlighten me. Thankyou.

@Redwhiteblue-gr5em Месяц назад

He’s always been a hero to me. More than his older brother. Thank you for doing the research and putting this informative and interesting video together.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Much appreciated! Please let me know if there are other videos you've like too 🙏

@Redwhiteblue-gr5em Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 Thomas French bio and his true thoughts about the LBH. Always wondered about French’s honest assessment of Reno’s “charge” and retreat from the village and his detailed first person description of this event. I know he wrote letters about his true feelings. And I believe he along with Weir were one of the sources used in several newspaper articles that were critical of Reno’s decisions, actions and sobriety during the battle.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@Redwhiteblue-gr5em if you haven't seen, here's what I put together on French... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7c8EYElxl80.htmlsi=Vpf44oMGalx8FIsc

@Redwhiteblue-gr5em Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 yes I think I forgot you did lol. I’ll watch it again.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@Redwhiteblue-gr5em 🤣 it was one of my shorter videos and Thomas French deserves more. Maybe I'll circle back to his story someday!

@stevengamble2956 Месяц назад

So Tom Custer was as much a wild charactor as his brother George!! Great story telling again, look forward to its conclution😊

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Ha ha yes, Steven, he was. I'd even say Tom was wilder, as he drank and caroused even more than George!

@kcevans4321 Месяц назад

I really appreciated this piece of history. What a life Tom Custer lived. Amazing that it was in the shadow of his brother. Which perhaps underscores what a larger-than-life GAC was, in the sense that few have even heard of his two-time medal of honour-winning brother!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Very true, and very sad! Though maybe each brother helped create the other in some way? Thanks so much, KC 😻

@anulfadventures Месяц назад

Once again, as always; brilliant story telling.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

You are awesome! Thank you! 🙏

@keithagn Месяц назад

Looking forward for the next part of Tom's life story. Thank you! Regards from Canada 🇨🇦

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you, Keith!! I'm aiming to get the final installment up by the anniversary, June 25th!

@mickymantle3233 Месяц назад

Great research & narration. Very interesting.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Hey! You really did come back, Mickey, and watch!! Thanks so much 🙏

@mickymantle3233 Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 It's my pleasure. These are quality uploads. Subscribed.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@mickymantle3233 much appreciated! Looking forward to hearing from you in the future 🤗

@veloadventureswithdavid8329 Месяц назад

Thanks for all the work you do with these stories. You give these names in history life.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you so much. That's what I hope to do and I am grateful that you see it that way 🙏

@dieternowatius5062 Месяц назад

A good decision to portray this facetfull person in more than only 2 Parts 👍Many thanks again about this news of the past 😳

@WayneVeck-yb3ul 10 дней назад

Thank you Auntie Goodnight from the UK

@jimmyz2098 Месяц назад

More interesting information, and as always..... a lot of fun listening to you telling this great American history. I love learning about Little Big Horn, and the before, during and after. The little things. And the more obvious. I also love learning about things, events, and periods in American history that are often over-looked. On the other hand... I also love Revolutionary history. (Re) reading 1776 right now - but this time in my Truck. Also - I think my main love is Lewis and Clarke, and the Corp of Discovery. Undaunted Courage is my all-time favorite book. I would LOVE to hear you get into that, and do some of this type of thing, around that. That would be epic ! OK - All the best, Siobhan!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

You have a lot of incredible historical interests and reading lists, Jimmy. I bet we'd have some great conversations. I'm honored you are enjoying some of my videos! All best, Siobhan

@bobmcmorris8797 Месяц назад

Siobhan, we are on LBH Discussion Group together, we have commented on each other's posts. I stumbled across this while scrolling RU-vid. I had no idea you do this. I am very impressed, good job!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you, Bob!! So good of you to watch and comment. I love those Facebook pages and the wealth of info people share. So glad you took a spin here and found me 🙏📚

@58landman Месяц назад

I believe you have done a fine job with the presentation of Tom Custer being the father of Tommy Custer. Their necks and shoulders are similar too.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you so much! You are right, I hadn't thought of the shoulders also being similar.

@richanglin7994 Месяц назад

You are such a wonderful,, engaging storyteller! Lots of details; always, always a great listen.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you, Rich!! 🤗

@MilesWalterKeogh Месяц назад

Excellent as always! Many new informations! Thank you very much.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you!! I always love hearing from you!

@joesphmurphy4013 17 дней назад

Siobhan: Thanks again for a picture of how life was on the plains and the men and women who lived the hardships on the frontier. I noticed that Tommy Custer was listed as "Custar" in the census and the obituary cited him as Custer and Custar. There is no doubt in my mind that Tommy Custer was the son of Tom Custer. His rejection of Tommy is a mystery and we will never know why. I really enjoy your tidbits of info that bring to life the human quality that is often missing in telling the story of the Old West. Stay safe and I am looking forward to the next episode. 🤔

@SiobhanFallon7 17 дней назад

@joesphmurphy4013 thanks Joe! I agree with you, and think poor Tommy seems to be Tom's son. But the reasons it never worked out with his mom remain a sad mystery.

@alrude2847 Месяц назад

Loved it. One of you best. Quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Keep it up.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Yay!! Thank you!!

@EvelynFallon-sb6vs 28 дней назад

WOW. I love all of you videos! Thank you for posting this! I love it!

@christopherfoster3744 Месяц назад

Hi ! I don't know what to say but congratulations, because all your videos are so good ! Thanks again ! 🙏✌️🇺🇲

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Christopher, you just put a huge smile on my face. Thank you for the kind words!

@sunnyjacksmack Месяц назад

Another spell binder. In another time you would have done well entertaining guests with your beautifully told stories, possibly in a parlor during the times you research so well.

@oneida41859 Месяц назад

Loved it! I learned quite a bit about Tom Custer. Thank you for all your hard work and research. Take care!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

So good of you to say. I learned so much about Tom myself here and I am really looking forward to digging into any testimony I can find about his role at the Little Bighorn...

@oneida41859 Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 I would love to see an in-depth study on Custers civilian scouts. To me they were a fascinating lot. Thank you. Take care now!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@oneida41859 oh, Charley Reynolds is in the line up! Also Fred Gerard, who I find especially fascinating as he had an Indian wife, and their daughters went into a convent.

@chuckmyers7698 Месяц назад

All of your videos are done with perfection, excellent research. Enjoy them very much. Thank you so much.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you, Chuck!! I appreciate you taking the time to leave such a kind comment! 🤗

@bougeac Месяц назад

Awesome as usual! Keep ‘em coming 🙌

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Ha! Thank you! You know I will 😉

@mikehunt-fx7sf Месяц назад

Just stumbled on your new video and wanted to be the first to comment on what I know is going to be fantastic!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

You are the BEST!! Much appreciated, Mike! Please let me know what you think when you finish watching 🙏

@mikehunt-fx7sf Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 Finally had a chance and just finished watching. So much incredible stuff I don't know where to begin so I won't. I'm too slow of a typer! lol !! But I 100% agree with you that was Tom Custers son. Saw it instantly! And the rattlesnakes made me chuckle because my sister sent me a photo of a couple of them mating in the sun on her driveway at her house close to the Little Bighorn. They looked like tangled spaghetti. lol !! I got struck by one at The Reno-Benteen site years ago. It left two fang marks in my boot. Learned my lesson not to go off path! You do incredible work Siobhan and I actually get excited(which is hard to do) when a new video of yours pops up. Looking forward to part three! Can I ask you a question? Years ago a friend of mine told me out of the blue one day that he was named (John Armstrong) after his great grandfather who was killed with Tom Custer on the hill. It blew my mind but nothing more was said. I was wandering with your expertise and research if you have ever heard of him and who he was? If you ever have the time please let me know. You really are the best Siobhan and thanks for taking me back to those times in history!!

@pigmanobvious Месяц назад

What a wealth of information! Thank you for helping me to continue building on to my knowledge of history. Looking forward to the last chapter.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you so much!! I want to get up the final installment on the anniversary, June 25th! Cross your fingers for me I get it done!

@pigmanobvious Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 you go girl!!!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@@pigmanobvious 🤣🤣🙌

@pigmanobvious Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 I have often wondered about the start of the Korean War.. a coincidence?

@talkietoaster4626 Месяц назад

Thank you for your work! I'm always happy to see a new video

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

And I am always happy to hear from you!!

@barbaraanneneale3674 Месяц назад

This is a premier example of spectacular research. But more importantlate it is a spectacular bit of narrative and storytelling. Once again, you have managed to humanize these characters beyond all believe. That should read belief. But I refuse to fight my grumbling anymore to correct it. And apparently it doesn't like being called a grimlin. But seriously from the hilarious To the tragic, these people were alive. They were heroic and lazy. Stupid and smart. Vain and selfless. In other words, just like all of us. Gloriously and sadly, all too human. Congratulations once again. I cannot wait for the next installment.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Oh Barbara!! That's exactly what I hope comes across! How human they are, and relatable, no matter how heroic or flawed. Thank you for seeing it! 🎉🙏🎉

@barbaraanneneale3674 Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 Are you kidding me? You have succeeded so far beyond any other authof this period That it's hard for me to conceive of. Son of the morning, stor did a good job. You're doing a great 1.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@@barbaraanneneale3674 💕💕💕 I am blushing! Thank you, Barbara!

@gar9429 Месяц назад

Very interesting. Thank you again Siobhan! If I remember correctly Rain-In-The -Face revenge was carried out on Tom at the Little Bighorn unfortunately!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

We'll see.... 😉 Thank you for taking the time to comment, Gar!

@Jay_Hall Месяц назад

Wow, Tommy Custer! I never knew. Great work Siobhan. Hmmmm.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you, Jay! I found this the most exciting part of the research myself. Poor kid.

@davec4224 Месяц назад

You amaze me..: this is so awesome!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Aww, Dave, you are wonderful. Thank you.

@bobmcmorris8797 Месяц назад

Excellent presentation Soibhan, I am so glad I subscribed!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you, Bob!! 🥳🎉

@thanemathis5914 Месяц назад

Very good job bringing the Custer brothers to life. I have always believed it likely that Rain-In-The-Face, carried out his threat that afternoon on June 25, 1876, given the severe mutilation of Tom's body as compared to others. After the battle the Indians involved would have hidden their involvement for fear of retribution.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Hello there, Thane! I think it's all rather shady myself. Tom's desecration was too deliberate. I think the Lakota might not have known they were initially fighting Custer. But too many of those warriors had crossed paths with the 7th. Some of them must have realized.

@Redwhiteblue-gr5em Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 some of them might have known the 7th Cav was probably the only Regiment on the Plains that had all their Companies use horses of the same color. However, I don’t know when the 7th started this practice. Did they do this at the Washita and Yellowstone Campaign?

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@@Redwhiteblue-gr5em they did!! Right before the Washita!! Wow, great insight!!!!! I don't think anyone has pointed that out before as far as I know!!!!! 🐎🐎🐎

@Redwhiteblue-gr5em Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 yes it’s pretty obvious the warriors payed attention to horses lol. I read in many Indian accounts how they pointed out the movements of the gray horse troop.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@@Redwhiteblue-gr5em Yes!!

@markhubanks3715 Месяц назад

Great job and research Siobhan. Throughly enjoyed this video.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thanks so much, Mark!!

@brycesuderow3576 Месяц назад

If you’re interested, I’d be happy to share information on Barnitz with you. He commanded the second Ohio cavalry, which was part of Pennington‘s brigade at five Forks.

@keddieverbanick9850 Месяц назад

I always look forward to your videos. You really breathe life into these stories from the old west. Instantly "liked"!!!!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you so much!!

@griffhenshaw5631 День назад

Ive watched a few episodes. Appreciate the detail of that period and the custers as well as indian wars.

@SiobhanFallon7 23 часа назад

@griffhenshaw5631 Thank you so much!

@robertkramer8133 Месяц назад

Another outstanding presentation. I don’t know how you find these rare photos like the Beenteen group one for example, but I’m so impressive and always looking forward to more. I wanted to see a picture of Emily Bell for example for years and years, yet you just drop it like it’s a Three Musketeers commercial.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Ha!! Thank you, Robert!!! I managed to get to the Hargrett years ago when I was first interested about writing this story. And the Benteen collection would blow your mind-- it's incredible. But I know so much more now and wonder how many details I missed. So someday I hope to go back. But yes, his photos are wild and Benteen liked to stamp himself on everything with his big swirling writing. The Emily Bell was a huge find for me too!! I had been looking for ages. Let me find the link for you...

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Scroll down past the baseball article and you'll find an article about James Bell and then another about Emily... www.menwithcuster.com/in-the-news/

@robertkramer8133 Месяц назад

Thank you and plus a baseball article to boot!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@@robertkramer8133 🤣🙌

@RailfanDownunder Месяц назад

😊 superb work again

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you!

@striperking6083 Месяц назад

As usual the best from Siobhan !

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

You are so kind. Thank you again for the positive reinforcement!! 😉

@walterbrown9651 Месяц назад

I have been awaiting this installment and enjoyed it so much! I hope to be out 6/25/24

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Yay Walter! Thank you! And how amazing that you will be on the battlefield soon! I hope to have the final installment about Tom at the Little Bighorn posted by the June 25th anniversary!

@walterbrown9651 Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 I eagerly anticipate!

@robertkramer8133 Месяц назад

Siobhan, thank you so very much for sharing the link of Beenteen’s baseball club and the story of Emily Bell. Always amazed me how a lady can live for 80 years and maybe only one picture? Could the family hold on to their mementos? Side note, for me I’ve always believed since Reno and Lt Hodgson were close friends, it just makes sense he would share his personal demons with Reno. We know Hodgson started this resignation application and withdrew it upon the expedition. Yet, he was under pressure under the belief he impregnated Emily Bell. For me, this makes logical sense why Reno would try his own maneuvers based on what Hodgson shared with him in private previously.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

I think so too-- Reno thought Mrs Bell was an easy mark, and infuriated when she wasn't. Still terrible behavior from a commander, but I can see some of his thought process here at least.

@gator83261 Месяц назад

Very good video.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thanks, Gator! Always great to hear from you!

@user-ez5fc5lp6j Месяц назад

Young lady you need to stop you are keeping me up all night..lol 😂

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Ha! You have plenty of time to sleep until the next one ;)

@josephinekush5056 Месяц назад

Nice to see the Frederic Remington engraving of the Canadian trading post with one of our gallant "Riders of the Plains" standing watch to insure the transactions were satisfactory to all parties.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Wow!! I did not even realize it was a Canadian scene 🤦🏼‍♀️!! Thank you so much, George!

@josephinekush5056 Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 In the early 1880's Remington spent time in western Canada & did series of paintings & sketches of the North-West Mounted Police that were subsequently published in the United States. In summing up his experience in Canada he said, that though he'd traveled all over the American continent, not until he saw the Blackfoot & Cree of Canada did he see people who embodied the true physical appearance of the Indians as described by Fenimore Cooper. ""They are a magnificent species." From that point onward the artist used his photos & sketches of the Blackfoot & Cree as models in all of his future work.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@josephinekush5056 wow, that's a great detail about the Cree and Blackfoot being physically superior-- or at least ideally "Indian"!

@Storm-lg4mx Месяц назад

The incident with the horse, pool table, and Wild Bill, is referred to in the Charles Bronson movie, The White Buffalo.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Really? Wow, thank you! That's a really connection.

@user-ys9mf8sx7p Месяц назад

It's identical when you line up Tommy Custer's older photo with Tom Custer's older photo. If I was a betting man I'd definitely vote that he's Tom's son. But Tommy Custer's mom even looks like Tom Custer quite a bit as well. The nose and eyes.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

The town seemed to think he was a genuine Tom Custer in that obit! Which says a great deal in itself.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thanks so much for joining the conversation, Steven!

@user-ys9mf8sx7p Месяц назад

Love your channel 👍

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@user-ys9mf8sx7p thank you!! 🙌

@joedyer5486 Месяц назад

I wish Captain Custer had accepted his son. It's sad to think of death in battle and no acknowledgement of the boy to carry on his name and for his son to never know the man or the soldier that fathered him.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

I absolutely agree. And the comfort Tommy may have offered Emanual and Maria when so many of their children were wiped out at the Little Bighorn. And the comfort to poor Tommy, to have known and been able to be proud of his father. All of it is so sad.

@joedyer5486 Месяц назад

I think it comforted me and made me more bold and able to lead in combat knowing my two sons were back in Georgia and my blood wouldn't die if I mate a trooper's fate in Baghdad or in the mountains of Afghanistan.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@joedyer5486 yes. I know my husband felt the same way, having a family to return to made the sacrifice a little easier, and the return was constantly on his mind, and if he didn't make it back, we would never forget him.

@brycesuderow3576 Месяц назад

Custer and Wesley Merritt were rivals. And we’re not on the best of terms. Sometime around 1869. Custer invited Merritt to join him out west on a buffalo hunt. I think the whole idea was to play a practical joke of some sort onMerritt. I don’t remember the details.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

One of my favorite stories!! I think Annie Gibson mentions it in her diary, printed by Brian Pohanka! I'll try to dig it up abd share here with you, Bryce, when I find it!

@scaredy-cat Месяц назад

Tommy is surely Tom Custers

@michaelhart6318 Месяц назад

Rebecca Minerd's photo bares a close resemblance to "Big Nose" Kate of Doc Holliday fame.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Interesting. I can see it!

@Gene-kl1br 29 дней назад

I see Father Son also ! Tom Custer

@michaelhart6318 Месяц назад

Evidently Fred & Kate (Trabbie) weren't members of the "Custer Clan"

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

No they were not 😉 Have you seen my Benteen videos, by chance, Michael? I get a kick out of Benteen and his very particular point of view.

@scaredy-cat 24 дня назад

I think Tom, a two time medal of honor recipient, could not be buried with George at West Point, is not right. Further he is a brother of a West Point graduate.

@SiobhanFallon7 24 дня назад

Perhaps it never occurred to them to try to bury Tom at West Point? I'm not sure. The other officers were being sent to Leavenworth, maybe it was just a given Tom would go there. Whereas Libbie specifically requested George go to West Point 🤷🏼‍♀️

@brycesuderow3576 Месяц назад

I have some doubts about whether you’re right about the incident between the seventh cavalry shot soldiers and wild Bill Hickok. I tried to ask a British friend of mine who is an expert on Hickok and learned that he’s dead, he died in 2015. I’m visiting several Facebook sites on the wild west and asking the members which historians are the greatest experts on Hickok.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Do let me know what they say! The soldiers were Longerman and Kyle/ Kile. Kyle (sometimes seen as Kelly) died and Longerman was court martialed. I'm curious!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Author Jeff Broome is active on Facebook too and might be able to share more details.

@tudyk21 Месяц назад

38:30 Now, is that Bloody Knife lurking on the porch?

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Ha!! Good eye! Some folks think so, but I read a compelling argument that it was not Bloody Knife, but a visiting Lakota warrior who was there during one of the treaty signings.

@tudyk21 Месяц назад

Is he in the center of this photo: 40:18?

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@tudyk21 yes!! Doesn't he have swagger? Bloody Knife exudes cool.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Found the info I was looking for, Tudy! July of 1875, this photo was taken on the front porch of Custer’s home, or the Commander’s Quarters, at Fort Abraham Lincoln. There are different opinions on the identity of the Native American seen here to the left of Libbie Custer. Some say that it was the Hunkpapa warrior Long Solider, who was at Fort Lincoln for the peace treaties, and who was incredibly tall. But the biographer of Bloody Knife, Ben Innis, ID’s this man as Bloody Knife, who was only 5’7. I don't think he quite looks like Bloody knife myself.

@tudyk21 Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 , no rest for Siobhan! 😁

@michaelhart6318 Месяц назад

41:55 Last Indian on the far right next to the women...is that the Brule Chief Spotted Tail? Maybe not, he was a big dude.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Michael, I'll dig it up, I know I have notes on the fella... let me get back to you later when I find out!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Michael, this is what I found: July of 1875, this photo was taken on the front porch of Custer’s home, or the Commander’s Quarters, at Fort Abraham Lincoln. There are different opinions on the identity of the Native American seen here to the left of Libbie Custer. Some say that it was the Hunkpapa warrior Long Solider, who was at Fort Lincoln for the peace treaties, and who was incredibly tall. But the biographer of Bloody Knife, Ben Innis, ID’s this man as Bloody Knife, who was only 5’7. I don't think he looks like Bloody knife myself.

@willgic3964 24 дня назад

Great information. From my understanding, when Rain in the Face mentioned "being treated like a woman" he was regularly sodomized by some of his captures including Tom Custer. That's why he swore such vengeance on him. And he got it.

@SiobhanFallon7 24 дня назад

Oh my gosh I have never heard anything like that ever, what is the source for that? Rain was handcuffed to another soldier. And an old soldier later admitted to having befriended Rain in the Face and setting him and the other man free. He never said anything about that. Both made their getaways together. The worst testimony of Tom abusing Rain in the Face came from an ex Confederate soldier who sometimes worked as a scout. He said he heard that Tom slapped and kicked Rain, but his testimony was suspect as he wasn't there at the time.

@tbenedict6335 Месяц назад

They were not choir boys and i imagine young Tom's parents were not happy with a illegitimate grandson. They either didnt want the scandal or disapproved of the young lady, perhaps her entire family. I have to wonder about his character knowing she named the boy custer and not one custer family member acknowledged his claim or gave a reason why the boy might not have been Tom's son. Don't do the crime if you can't serve the time.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Yes, and the fact that the town seemed to think Tommy was a Custer-- from the Sons of the Veterans to the obituary. Emanual and Maria Custer were so devastated by the death of so many Custers at the Little Bighorn, yet they never sought out this boy. I do wonder if maybe Emanual and Maria didn't know the whole story, as it was impolite to talk about such things, and their own children probably wouldn't bring it up at gatherings? But surely Nevin would have heard something. Another mystery!

@leecrump9404 Месяц назад

What is consumption?

@murrayterry834 Месяц назад

another aspect of the harshness of the untamed west. excellent work..lot of irony in their lives.

@davidcouch6514 Месяц назад

TB.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Sorry, consumption is the Victorian name for tuberculosis. A terrible and contagious lung disease 😢

@leecrump9404 Месяц назад

Thanks for letting me know I kept hearing stories about people in that time period having died from consumption so I knew it was something bad just didn't know what exactly consumption was thanks for sharing

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@leecrump9404 thank you for asking, Lee! I once heard it as a slow drowning as the persons lungs slowly fill to the point they can no longer breathe. That horrible image has stayed with me 😬

@Boomhower89 Месяц назад

🇺🇸👍

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Hey Boom!!

@griffhenshaw5631 День назад

Deer head pictured

@griffhenshaw5631 День назад

James calhoun......any relation to famous senator.?

@SiobhanFallon7 11 часов назад

Good question! I'll see if I can figure it out!

@GaryAshleycrashsmashley Месяц назад

a lot of the men that join the military for the Indian wars were immigrants that wanted to get a little money, food and get closer to the gold fields. The reason Reynolds forced his men to destroy the pemmican and burn all the buffalo robes is because he hated the Irish and Germans in his command because he was a White man and didn't feel he needed to worry about those that are not white. Given the Custer family's station in that time I wonder if his drive was to because he is not a true WASP.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Gary, for some insights into Custer's feelings toward Native Americans, please see my Bloody Knife videos. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment!

@GaryAshleycrashsmashley Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 from reading the letters of my 3rd great grandfather it seems the feeling for the most part was a kind of sympathy and sadness. But it is clear that they see themselves as the ruling class of this country and families like the Custers could come up just like the old days when a person could be Knighted

@GaryAshleycrashsmashley Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 I send some stuff on Custer to Fredick Wagner years ago that I found in the state archives i will see if i can find it

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@@GaryAshleycrashsmashley wonderful, Gary, I'd really love to read!

@brycesuderow3576 Месяц назад

If you’re interested, I’d be happy to share information on Barnitz with you. He commanded the second Ohio cavalry, which was part of Pennington‘s brigade at five Forks.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Yes! I'd love to do a video on Albert and Jenny someday!!! siobhan@siobhanfallon.com is a good email if you are able to share anything that way? Thank you, Bryce!