New Custer bio on PBS

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

This looks OK.

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/pbs-to-air-new-custer-biography/article_2a89f089-3d41-5d76-9ad2-bcddabab6263.html

On Tuesday at 7 p.m., Montana viewers will get a first look at a new biography of Lt. Col. George A. Custer on “American Experience,” an acclaimed history series produced for PBS.
The premiere of “Custer’s Last Stand” presents a balanced and nuanced view of one of the most complex and controversial figures in the history of the West.
“American Experience” tells the story through the voices of some of the nation’s leading historians, including Paul A. Hutton, a professor of history at the University of New Mexico and editor of The Custer Reader. Another of its narrators is Nathaniel Philbrick, author of the recent best-seller “The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.”
It also features sweeping camera work of the road to Little Bighorn, as well as a treasure trove of old photographs and newspaper clippings, some written by Custer himself.

Last week I watched a PBS piece on Billy the Kid, that didn't impress me.
Plus, if this is on past 10 p.m. - I'll turn it over to the season premiere of Justified.

 

[Football_Bat]

I heard back in the late 1970s that Custer wore an Arrow shirt.

 

[micropolitan guy]

One of the most interesting characters in American history, and a big reason the North's cavalry could finally go toe-to-toe with Stuart and his successors in the final two years of the CW. "Son of the Morning Star" is also excellent reading about his time in the Dakota territory. Thanks for the heads-up.

The beauty of the LBH battlefield is that unlike many Civil War battlefields, which are now covered by urban sprawl, it is essentially unchanged since 1876 (especially after the fire in the 1980s cleaned out Medicine Tail Coulee) and you can see exactly how the battle unfolded. It's truly a great place to visit for any American history buff.

 

[Justin_Rice]

a big reason the North's cavalry could finally go toe-to-toe with Stuart and his successors in the final two years of the CW.

I wouldn't really give Custer credit for that, though he proved a capable commander.

The organization of Union cavalry into a bona fide cavalry corp in '63 was the biggest step towards a balance of power between the mounted units of the two Eastern Theater armies.

 

[hondo]

This looks OK.

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/pbs-to-air-new-custer-biography/article_2a89f089-3d41-5d76-9ad2-bcddabab6263.html

On Tuesday at 7 p.m., Montana viewers will get a first look at a new biography of Lt. Col. George A. Custer on “American Experience,” an acclaimed history series produced for PBS.
The premiere of “Custer’s Last Stand” presents a balanced and nuanced view of one of the most complex and controversial figures in the history of the West.
“American Experience” tells the story through the voices of some of the nation’s leading historians, including Paul A. Hutton, a professor of history at the University of New Mexico and editor of The Custer Reader. Another of its narrators is Nathaniel Philbrick, author of the recent best-seller “The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.”
It also features sweeping camera work of the road to Little Bighorn, as well as a treasure trove of old photographs and newspaper clippings, some written by Custer himself.

Last week I watched a PBS piece on Billy the Kid, that didn't impress me.
Plus, if this is on past 10 p.m. - I'll turn it over to the season premiere of Justified.

I'm in the process of reading the Philbrick book. Pretty good so far.

 

[User 1019]

One of the most interesting characters in American history, and a big reason the North's cavalry could finally go toe-to-toe with Stuart and his successors in the final two years of the CW. "Son of the Morning Star" is also excellent reading about his time in the Dakota territory. Thanks for the heads-up.

The beauty of the LBH battlefield is that unlike many Civil War battlefields, which are now covered by urban sprawl, it is essentially unchanged since 1876 (especially after the fire in the 1980s cleaned out Medicine Tail Coulee) and you can see exactly how the battle unfolded. It's truly a great place to visit for any American history buff.

Actually had the chance to fly a few circles over it this spring on my way out to Washington. Having seen it on the ground, and now from the air, I still can't understand how he couldn't defend all that high ground.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Actually had the chance to fly a few circles over it this spring on my way out to Washington. Having seen it on the ground, and now from the air, I still can't understand how he couldn't defend all that high ground.

(I think) after the fire the entire area was searched via metal detectors, etc., to find debris, cartridges, etc., and it was determined that not only was Custer heavily outnumbered but he was also outgunned. And by the time he reached Last Stand Hill, only about 1/3 of his 250-odd troops remained, and they were an inexperienced group of troopers.

I expect a mounted group of soldiers with the experience of the Iron or Stonewall brigades would have put up a much better fight, but ultimately with the same result.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Spoiler alert: He dies in a one-sided battle with Native Americans.

 

[RickStain]

I thought it said "Cutler biography" and I was psyched.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Does this bio finally answer the question as to whether or not his last words were "Where the **** did all these Indians come from?"

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Spoiler alert: He dies in a one-sided battle with Native Americans.

Damn it!!!!


I haven't seen it yet.


Really? Seriously? You had to ruin it?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Spoiler alert: He dies in a one-sided battle with Native Americans.

Damn it!!!!


I haven't seen it yet.


Really? Seriously? You had to ruin it?

Sure I did, because it's fun.

Here's another spoiler alert: Right before he dies, he decides to make a "Last Stand."

 

[rmanfredi]

Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

Custer was a dip**** that got his command wiped out through his own actions. He was more worried about making headlines than sound decisions. Well, I guess he did accomplish that.

 

[cyclingwriter]

Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't.

aw fudge, was just about to post that quote. Have to use this:

The crickets and the rust-beetles scuttled among the nettles of the sage thicket. "Vámonos, amigos," he whispered, and threw the busted leather flintcraw over the loose weave of the saddlecock. And they rode on in the friscalating dusklight.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Obligatory...

A wealthy woman moves to America from Europe. She buys a large house and plans on having a large housewarming party with many distinguished guests. For the event she hires a famous artist to paint a picture depicting a moment in American history. She decides on General Custer’s last stand against the Indians and what the American general was thinking at the moment of his last battle.

The artist works feverishly on the painting and on the night of her party, his art is in the center of all the guests with a cloth covering it. He draws everyone's attention to the painting and proudly pulls the cloth off the painting, revealing his masterpiece.

The guests gasp and scream. There are Indians having sex in every possible position, and even more bizarre is a large fish in the center of all the Indians with a halo over its head.

The woman screams to the artist, "What is this? This is not what I asked for!" He replies, "Yes, it is. You asked me to depict what Custer was thinking during his last moments on earth. That was, 'Holy Mackerel, look at all those f*cking Indians!'"

 

[Starman]

Awesome.

 

[vicd]

The Punch Line
by The Minutemen
"I believe when they found the body of General George A. Custer quilled like a
porcupine with Indian arrows, he didn't die with any honor, any dignity, nor any
valor.
I wouldn't doubt when they found George A. Custer an American General Patriot
Indian Fighter, he died with a **** in his pants "

 

[WolvEagle]

In Monroe, Mich., where Custer spent part of his life, this guy is holier than thou. Really. They have had all sorts of Custer history programs, a bunch of things are named for him and there's even a statue of him on a horse at a downtown intersection.

Dear Monroe - Custer was a complete f-up - one of the worst American military commanders there ever was. Why are you glorifying him?

Something tells me the second "Night at the Museum" movie didn't go over very well in Monroe.

 

[HanSenSE]

When I started at Lee five years ago, it was in their orientation materials that a correspondent at a Lee paper died at Little Big Horn.