Son of the Morning Star part 19 

Custers skirmish lines were overwhelmed from the get go. The 7th was doomed !

This is by far one of the few movie about Custer and Little Bighorn this is a balanced viewpoint between the two sides. I would take this over Custer of the West or Little Big Man any day.

General Custer tries to get Crazy Horse to fill out the new cover sheets for the TPS reports, and trying to get him to work on a Saturday. -circa 1876

ever since the 1st time i heard bout Custer and the battle of little bighorn, when i still a lil boy i've been obsessed with it. the whole myth and everything else bout it. currently i'm reading The Last Stand. it's a fascinating read. it's been a while since i watched Son of Morning Star, can't wait to revisit this miniseries and comparing it to the book i'm reading now.

@punkrockxzz Exactly! The govt. should have removed the squatters from the Black Hills as required by treaty. However, it didn't want to tick off voters so it tried to squeeze the rez Sioux into selling them. When the govt. found out that non-rez Lakotas such as Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse were stopping the sale the govt. called the army out on them to force them onto the rez where they would assumably be more compliant. It was civilian policy makers who were the real villians, not the Army.

this is the best part of US history

I agree with what this young man said for I feel that this was a great victory for the Lakota and our alies but I feel this was more a Victory for the Cheyenne Nation, for they were the ones who told custer that if he ever came to bother the Cheyenne again he and his men would die by their arrows.

This Movie is by far the most accurate of the Custer/Little Bighorn movies made, even after 20 years, even if it does have some inaccuracies in it.

Great job to the prop master for not putting a colt peacemaker in GACs hands at his fall. If you look closely. He is loading a Webley "RIC" (the worlds first double action revolver which was made in England). Custer was known for his flamboyant, custom made uniforms and a penchant for exotic firearms.

The Native Americans had better rifles. After the Civil War the War Dept. cut back. History does repeat itself.

Gut gemacht Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne !;!

The Indians dismounted, took cover, and just lobbed arrows into the remaining troopers on LSH. They weren't attacking mounted on horses. Only after their arrows had thinned-out Custer's command, and their fire began to slack, did they rush in to finish them off.

This a pretty good accounting of the events. Back in the 1960's there was a TV documentary hosted and Narrated by Walter Brennan. It had some good information in it.

What most history buffs don't realize is that Captain Benteen would Reincarnate into Eddie Ciccotte and make even more history with The Black Socks and appear in another gripping movie called Eight Men Out.

I know, I wonder if the Vikings had left horses running around how easily the Spanish had conquered the New World if they had faced mounted Aztecs & Incas

Custer may have died early in the battle & been dead by time of Last Stand. US Cav used single-shot trapdoor Springfields which tended to jam after 25 rounds due to black powder fouling. Many Indians had repeater rifles like Winchesters. So may not be historically accurate but visually a cool battle scene.

Marcus Reno was ordered to attack the village head-on with only around 90 man. He had to fight around 800 braves. Benteen was send on a scouting mission even when he tried to talk some sense into Custer (keep the regiment together). After Reno and Benteen reunited, it was pointless to aid Custer because the regiment was to far away for a quick response. Even if Benteen and Reno made their way to Custer it would've been too late.

Reno is universally and justly excoriated for his conduct in the battle. Benteen, on the other hand, has supporters and detractors. I think this movie fairly captures Benteen's attitude (very well played by David Strathairn). Benteen was greatly influenced by his contempt for Custer as well as by what had happened to Major Joel Elliott at the Washita. Benteen did, however, have a direct order from Custer to, "Come on," an order that Benteen disregarded until shamed into advancing by Captain Weir (this is not shown, making it look like Weir was the only officer who left Reno Hill to try to reach Custer). As noted by other commenters, the Custer fight was virtually over by then, and Benteen's command (including Weir) was forced back to Reno Hill. To Benteen's credit, he organized and directed the defense on Reno Hill, unquestionably showing sound leadership and great personal courage. While it is no excuse, I do not think that Benteen realized just how much trouble Custer was in on the 25th. On June 27th, Benteen at first flatly refused to believe that Custer had been defeated even when told so by General Terry, and Benteen was genuinely shocked at finding Custer dead on Last Stand Hill.

Excellent!!!!!!!

2:12 It was at this moment Custer knew........he fucked up.

8:24 Custer is like: I ain't going out like no bitch!

Bravo nota10. Indienii

Dramatic license aside, probably a very realistic depiction of the final minutes, as all cohesion collapsed into a collection of small fights and individuals cut down one by one until everyone was dead.

No me cabe duda, que el oficial George Armstrong Custer, a pesar de tanto retrato. No era muy popular, tanto como para sus superiores, como para, subordinados, debió de ser, muy polémico. Alguien, debía de estorbarle, y no me entra en la duda, de que utilizaron a los indígenas de la zona, para quitárselo de en medio. De los que iban con él, no sobrevivió nadie. Y eso, que no eran ni cuatro, ni cinco. Sin embargo, a los soldados, que iban con Marcus Reno y Frederick Benteen, les dejaron vivos. - ¿Sabían algo algunos nativos?, que después fueron asesinados, Caballo Loco y Toro Sentado, , de que sólo debían acabar con Custer. - ¿Por eso tuvo ese sueño Toro Sentado?, que caerían como moscas, ¿Sabia ya algo?, los indios serán como son, pero, no son tontos. Y cuando, sé realizo la investigación de lo ocurrido con Custer. La investigación, sé detuvo, porque, ya estaba en marcha, lo que algunos decían, que era la verdadera, campaña india. Antes no, ahora sí, ahora sí, antes, no. …Lo que paso con Custer, siempre y aunque haga muchas representaciones, quedara en la duda. No es Custer fuera, un santo, pero, le hicieron pagar con creces, tanto a él, como a los hombres, que, le acompañaban ,el daño que había hecho ,sé lo hicieron pagar con creces. saludos

@yburra4180 No one was found guilty of anything. The Army closed its ranks and protected its own. It threw the blame for the disaster entirely on Custer. General Terry, who divided his forces and issued discretionary orders, did what he could to throw Custer under the bus. However, the biggest problem was the arrogant mindset of the entire Army that quite simply didn't believe that the Indians would stand and fight if faced by a large body of troops.

Custer did not use the Colt.45. He had an English Bulldog.

People would behave alot better if the threat of few warriors was present

Today is the 140th anniversary of the battle.

@goodndite That may be true but the heroic stand was actually a 2 in a half hour battle and Custer was one of the easy targets like the officers he and his 2 brothers (1 was brother in law) And his young nephew was pretty much standing up on the hill. And like I said last time Custer was injured one time then was killed. It was near the end so many Indians was aiming at him

@LordWellington15 Why go back that far ... the Sioux tribes were scalping and killing Crow Indians in this time period. Indians and US ... both are humans and both prone to the human condition of fighting and warring against their own kind. All the same ... cultures clash.

Custer should have taken out an insurance policy and waited for general terry and not rushed in those native americans are tough . Respect to both sides

Anyhow it appears comparable to a similar situation approximately 75 years later in Stalingrad, when the so called "sub humans" were hitting back.

Very good civil war movie telling real indian and soldier Fighting and real story happened..

Great movie

You can accuse Custer of hubris, arrogance, maybe even impetuous... What he was NOT was a coward or a fool. Check out his Civil War record. Maybe reckless at times, but extremely brave and an outstanding soldier. And... History shows that while he did kill Indians, which was an unfortunate part of the "job description", he was not an Indian hater as some were. While he did his job, he was very conflicted about Manifest Destiny. He did feel great empathy for the Indians and understood why they fought to maintain their way of life. He was a complex man for sure. Historian Robert Utley said something to the effect of " Who you think Custer was, depends on who YOU are".... Some see him only as a reckless fool, others see something different. I think he was saying, it just depends on your personal perspective. We can all have a different opinion, but one thing is indisputable. He was no coward.

9:08 Wow, your last sight is a rain of arrows.

Send in the british " heavy " cavalry waterloo era . Custer should have had the life guards ect lol . I like that crazy horse guy 👍 . And captain bentine is a cool customer 👍

Here is the irony of this scene, Custer had the chance to take Light Artillery and even a couple of Gattlinguns with him. Who knows, maybe they could have saved the day for the 7th. Cavalry in that battle.

It also didn't help that Custer, Reno and Benteen all despised each other.

I would never have ridden to this position, if then in the forest or behind rocks.

Why didn't cavalry soldiers carry hand guns? That seems a natural item for them, not to mention that you get off 6 shots instead just one before reloading.

The short lived but very harsh Mini Ice Age that hit the Northern part of world around 1.000 AD and the collapse of the Pagan Viking kingdoms in The Nordic countries led to the demise of the Viking colonies in Eastern Canada and Greenland. The resistance local Native population was a problem but not the main one.

June 25th 1876--June 25th 2011, 135 yrs ago. RIP to all those soldiers and native americans who fought and died there. AlternityGM:.....The US 1873 45-70 carbine was a good gun, powder fowling had nothing to do with jamming the gun's casings..........it was the cheap SOFT COPPER casings issued to the men, the cases were sometimes prone to splitting upon firing which caused the guns extractor to tear through the rim of the casing upon opening the breech to eject it.

No women and children here just men

Poor Cooke...good Canadian boy....

0:48 awesome shot

Custer split the forces under his command. If he had engaged them in force (with the Gatling guns he was offered, he could have even won) maybe the attack could have been beaten by the Indian Warriors, but more of his men could have survived to retreat, even himself.

Custer makes the " charge of the light brigade " look like a perfectly sensible military exercise ! 🤔 .

@FollowerOfTheGods Yeah, I read that many of them were found dead far from Custer hill. Probably ran in complete panic.

Near my god to thee always gets me

Considering the 7th cavalry was comprised of mostly urban easterners and European immigrants, and served in an army faced with typical postwar budget cuts, the outcome of this battle was not surprising. Add the political intrigue of the officers of the regiment, and it was a recipe for disaster.

He decided to give up certain things in favor of speed: no artillery, no gattling guns, no wagon trains. Just ordinary guns and mule trains. He knew that when you have to chase indians, you have to be fast.

during an attack like that did they haf to order reload ???

Custer had it coming...

Custer was shot 35 sec before the battle ends it was only at least 12 soldiers left on the hill the rest were trying to run like cowards and at least Custer had the guts to stand up on last stand hill and fire his pistol to the end. The injuans respected this action

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Run boys there fighting back

Funny thing I keep watching this for the same outcome but in 1876 the army did not have Winchester repatering rifle s if they did have they might have saved the day

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At 7:55 the scene shows what appears to be a young Indian warrior becoming sick to his stomach while scalping a dead soldier. This guy bore a remarkable resemblance to the character "Laughs A Lot" in the movie "Dances with Wolves". In DWWs, Laughs A Lot gives the strong impression that he might not only be very young, but also (perhaps) gay. Anybody else pick up on that?? Or am I just depraved??

I definitely hear you Tainted. To die in a battle like this would be like a dream come true.

Benteen was insubordinate and Reno was by many accounts a drunk and a coward

I never understood the begining of this movie

been lloking for this movie for a long time how can i buy it?

What does Captain Weir say at 5:52? I have never been able to make it out. "Chase 'em out"?

Captain Benteen is the hero.

They should of formed square.

@blacktheknife The army didn't issue repeating rifles to troopers. Sabers were useless against an opponent that used hit-and-run tactics besides the Civil War had shown that a revolver was a much better for close-combat.) Gatling Guns were useless against a foe that didn't use massed charges. WIth the possible exception of the repeaters, whose non-use was result of the cash-strapped War Dept. not Custer, sabers and gatlings wouldn't have made an iota of difference.

A sad day for both sides and the world

I have read on several comments that Custer got what he deserved or got what was coming to him. Custer was ambitious, wanted all the glory for himself. He did split his command up, in spite of the reported number of Indians. He didn't want any other unit like the 2nd cavalry, getting the glory the was due him.

Remember that Custer was disobeying his orders. He was supposed to wait. He chose not to.

that part when the witchdoctors got him..... smh

Not exactly the way Budweiser depicted it.

1:13 what are they doing?

Poor George I wonder if it would’ve turned out different if he brought his Gatlin guns. Just think if he would of won this battle he could’ve had a chance at the White House, President Custer

The Spencer cavalry rifles were not adequate weapons

From what I understand the dust and smoke was so thick they had a difficult time telling friend from for ...

It is very nice to see how Custer and his murderers got punished. Great victory.

Am I the only one who feels sorry for Custer and his men at their Last Stand? Sure, Custer made some bad decisions in his life, but nobody's perfect. And, I agree with MikeDallas1000's comment below.

Custer kicked open an ant nest. Underestimated the number of Indians. Plain and simple.

@zhoni2004 Well that's what we call them

Great victory, Natives.

2:12, "Shit, where they come from?

Congratulations to the Indians. They did a good job. Custer was an assassin.

Do know anything of sand creek? Tell that to the soldiers who scalped and mutilated the woman and chidren of Cheif Black Kettle who flew under a flag of peace, then proudly displayed them in the church.

Custer got Sioux'd

ridiculous … the pistols dont kill anything at that range … the natives were not cut doiwn that easily or in those numbers … yes, i’ve visited the battle ground sad ‘merikuns with their “aren’t we the saviours of mankind” dramatisation

@zhoni2004 That's the name ain't it

PAYBACK !

Part 19 Ardy gets his Ass handed to him 🤣

"These aren't unarmed women and children but Sioux and Cheyenne warriors waiting for you"

1:10

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man you'd be a lucky indian to have got custer's scalp. What a ledgendary battle though both sides were true warriors wish I could die in a battle like this.

Custer's command was routed and wiped out, quicker than part 19.

@mkeogh76 You're very wrong, friend. In close quarters fighting, a sabre would have been much better than those silly clubs the indians had, especially if you run out of pistol ammo or don't have the time to reload. And the Gatlings, while admittedly slowing, would have chewed up the indians lke a blender. And the Army SHOULD have issued Winchester RIFLES to all soldiers. Why do you think we learned from WWII and all troops had M-16s or 14s?

Custer was a complete tosser..What good officer splits his forces before knowing where the enemy is and what there strength is..His other downfall was that most of his officers hated his guts,and therefore when Capt.Benteen and Mjr.Reno had the opportunity to ride to assist him,they took the better option of staying put. After this battle,an enquiry found both officers,guilty .

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Why didn't Custer retreat he just let them surround ?

is that crazy horse killed custer ?