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I was fortunate in that my high school American History teacher was one of the best teachers I ever encountered including university, medical school and post graduate degree. His thesis was on the American Revolution but he made all aspects of American History come alive. Many thanks James Fleet.

The markers were the most moving aspect of the battlefield for me. It made it crystal clear how the battle unfolded and makes it very easy to imagine the (horrible) scenes. Especially the stand of Myles Keogh on the way to Last Stand Hill where the markers are together with then a string of them so you can see the initial line and then guys running for the hill only to be cut down. Sobering and moving.

I LOVE THIS VIDEO. Please do more videos about famous battles between Native Americans and American forces. Tecumseh...Daniel Boone...Wounded Knee, etc. You do a wonderful job JD. 😎

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. You may like this one too: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p3Vs2KSGk5CTg8Y.htmlsi=I0t0QKfkrpaTFh3D

@JeffreyGlover65

2 ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground starting it now. Thanks!

@mgway4661

2 ай бұрын

**White forces. They were all Americans

Native American history is what lacking the most, love this "live" style of explanation, feels like I'm at The Little Bighorn myself

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thanks!

@MrBradleyDavid

2 ай бұрын

Nice! I wish it were that warm and that I was there. It’s not lost on me you are in a fodder field. The hay wagon tracks give it away. What books are you reading to brush up on this battle? I read Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee, but decades ago.

@andrewgreeneyes7398

2 ай бұрын

@@MrBradleyDavid I'm about to read "The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn"

@tarahcole7784

Ай бұрын

It's because it's been throughly washed. American genocide doesn't live a great feeling in our mouths and victors tend to write more history books.

@dukecraig2402

Ай бұрын

Lacking? If you think it's lacking you must not be looking around very hard for sources for it, because whether it's books, videos or all out documentaries you can't swing a dead cat without hitting one.

I would like to clarify a few things about the valley fight battle based on overwhelming testimony by Reno’s own troops and by credible Indian accounts of those that actually participated in the fight. Crazy Horse was actually late to the valley fight and did not engage Reno’s troops by pushing the skirmish line back to the timber. When he arrived, Reno’s battalion was already in the timber area next to the river. Crazy Horse made a few bravery runs drawing fire from the soldiers but was never hit. He also participated in the rout of Reno’s men in the flight from the timber to the river crossing. About the skirmish line: The three companies only skirmished about 15-20 minutes before the three companies withdrew to the timber area. Interestingly, Reno disappeared into the timber a few minutes after the skirmish line was formed and never returned. The action on the skirmish line was not only short-lived and insignificant, but was fought at long range and resulted in only one soldier death. Private Thomas O'Neill of Co. G stated, “The men were in good spirits, talking and laughing, and not apprehensive of being defeated.” The long-range cavalry carbines were doing their job keeping the Indians at bay. Despite the lack of pressure from the Indians, the skirmish line began to withdraw when Reno ordered 1st Lt. Donald McIntosh’s Co. G into the woods to check on reports that Indians were infiltrating from across the river. This left a sizable gap in the line. Next, 1st Lt. Charles DeRudio of Co. A and a few of his men entered the woods on their own volition. This basically left Capt. Thomas French’s Co. M on the line. Without many of the commanding officers in sight (Reno, McIntosh, Moylan and DeRudio) other remaining officers and soldiers started to withdraw. Capt French and his men who were alone and very exposed on the left flank soon followed. As I stated above, Reno never returned to the skirmish line and did not give the order to withdraw. From the timbers he found himself under pressure to make a decision on what course of action to take. Indians were infiltrating and firing on the scattered command. Should he stay or leave? The bullet that splattered Bloody Knife’s blood and brain matter all over Reno’s face made the decision for him.

I always loved the bit in The Last Samurai when Tom Cruise is in captivity and the Samurai is interesting hearing more about Custer, with almost a look of admiration on his face. Then Tom says no, he was a man who fell in love with his own legend. That always stuck with me.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

I’ve thought about that scene a lot.

@mgway4661

2 ай бұрын

Great film!

I said this last video, but again what beautiful countryside. I love the sound of the crickets. I am so excited for the rest of this series! As a North Dakota resident, this story is "close to home" in many ways.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

👍🏻

@idotroger88

2 ай бұрын

A few years ago I asked if you might come out to this part of the country for a few episodes. I never anticipated these incredible history lessons like this. Thank you JD, great work.

I visited the grave of Thomas J Stowers, in Baxter Tennessee, listed as the “sole survivor” of Little Bighorn. He didn’t fight, really, but the history of his story just adds to crazy reality of what happened. Very interesting series!!

Great explanation by Jocko on what’s available to learn here… it’s so much to unpack… one thing’s for certain… we learned the value of effective leadership - and the outcome from a lack of it… 🥃

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

👍🏻

I was at the battlefield in 2001 for the 125th anniversary celebration. The 90+ year old daughter of one the troopers with Reno's command was in attendance. she was born in 2010, as I remember. She had brought a container of hardtack with her for the museum that her dad had kept since the battle. She was from PA as I recall.

First presenter was right on target about the importance of history to the human experience, and experiences to come.

Going to see this battlefield is on my "bucket list". May they ALL rest in peace.⚔️🪓

@striperking6083

Ай бұрын

Been there 4 times 1964 , 1968 , 1997 and 2015 . It gets better every time .

Yes, a great series. Thanks for going all the way to Montana, JD. Cinematography is absolutely beautiful.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

Loving this series. I been obsessed with battle of Little Bighorn for a long time

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

👍🏻

Loving this new series!

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Glad part two dropped, the first episode was great!

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I suppose my great, great grandfather is tied to this in a way. He fought in the kill deer mountain battle (and other skirmishes/territories) against Sitting Bull in the Dakotas. He was in the Iowa Calvary, 7th division. I have his original release/discharge papers that’s been passed down. I’m glad his division didn’t have to go to Little Big Horn otherwise I wouldn’t be here now. Granted, he and his division were released 10 years prior to this battle. Love the series and channel. Keep up the fantastic work in educating the generations.

Great series, you are great at storytelling. You make it very interesting. Can't wait for next episodes.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Probably the most fascinating videos I've seen of yours.

I thought I was up to my neck on Custer battle history . But after watching yours I am biting at the bit till each one of these comes out . Way to go …Thanks

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Ive visited the Little Bighorn twice & its breathtaking

Excellent presentation highlighting the skirmish and individuals as the battle unfolds. cant wait for the next one .

I have been to this battlefield twice and it is fascinating and remains remarkably unchanged from that time in 1876 except for some modern highways you kind of get the feeling of the way it must have looked and felt. Anyway very interesting series

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Loved my time there. Thanks!

@bobreece5842

2 ай бұрын

What is interesting is how quickly things change. I-90 was once a wagon road, which appeared there in the 1870s.

Love your videos! So informational

Awesome video and great start to a fantastic series J.D. Thank you and looking forward to the next.

I'm really enjoying this series. My great great great uncle was Lt. Francis Marion Gibson, second in command of H Company under Capt. Benteen. McIntosh, whose marker you show and story you tell, was Gibson's brother-in-law. This is the first time I've watched any videos about the battle and seen the terrain. Makes what I've read feel so much more real.

Great series.Did you know the natives were a lot better armed than the trooper's.The natives had a lot of Henrys and Winchesters repeating rifles, while the troopers were armed with the1874 trap door sharps which is a single shot rifle,and to make it worse it had a tendency to jam up when it got to hot, because of the copper bullets.Another interesting note,when my Grandpa was a young cowboy at the turn of the twentieth century, spent a lot of time on the Sioux reservations and got to know a lot of the warriors who fought that day and knew that my grandpa uncle was killed there. So one old warrior who liked my grandpa gave him a 1874 trap door sharps rifle with a 7th cav marked on the stock from the battle to honor his uncle. Another little fact Lonesome Charlie Reynolds was the Custer scout who rode,to Ft Laramie to spread the news of gold in the Black Hills

@Countryfresh223

2 ай бұрын

Thats amazing. Is the rifle still in your family?

@mikehunt-fx7sf

2 ай бұрын

That "old warrior" fooled your grandpa then!! The 7th Cavalry all had model 1873 45-55 Springfield Carbines at the Little Bighorn. They were accurate long range rifles and packed a lot of punch! The natives actually had a couple Spencer 50 cal. long range single shot rifles among Henry and Spencer and Winchester repeating rifles that didn't have the range or accuracy of the Springfields. NOT 1874 Spencers.

Great series JD, loving the History and learning every time I watch your videos. Inspiring me to dig deeper. I can relate to JP when he said he wished he studied History even deeper in High School. I'm so playing this for my Granddaughter who is struggling in US History right now! Take Care.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Awesome! Tell her to be looking up stuff on her own. Maybe something that connects with a movie. Much to learn out there.

Excellent as usual, JD! You get us right there where it happened.

One of your best. Really enjoyed that and could picture what was happening.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Loved the video with the map graphics explaining the battle. Little Big Horn is for sure on the bucket list. Thanks for sharing.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I am really enjoying this series 😊 I have always wanted to make it out there but haven't yet and this is nice to have it broken down and shown. Thank you for doing this. I enjoy your videos and you make history very interesting and enjoyable 😊

Thx JD. I'm learning something new every day.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

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Thanks for this history lesson. I’ve driven by the Little Bighorn monument off I-90 many times and never stopped! I will later this year.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

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Wow i am a Canadian and knew little about this battle…I love your videos. So informative, well planned out, and interesting…. The maps u use to demonstrate the movements and the incorporations of the other companies there and their professionalism…. Thank you for this high quality content as always

Awesome series JD! Thx for taking us along, giving us a feel of what the lay of the land, the participants, and the events leaning up to the battle must have been like. It's important everyone understand what lead to the battle, the kind of ground they had to cover, and the many many problems that lead to it's eventual outcome. You and the entire team do an outstanding job of delivering it in a clear, concise, easy to understand way. Much appreciated! :)

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!!!

@eclipsehorse8693

2 ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground anytime! keep up the good work...

My great great grandfather was in the seventh Calvary directly underneath custard, but however, he was on leave when custard last stand took place due to the birth of his son

@simonsmith1974

2 ай бұрын

Fortunate for your great great grandfather. He avoided a clusterbuck

Love the history of this battle! Thank you👍

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Did the Chattanooga staff ride and JD was our guide, awesome person to hear from. Love these series!

Thanks JD Great video & omg how beautiful is that countryside & keep up the good work JD

Such great narration. Great video.

Excellent video. Great views! Is a beautiful landscape. Keep going!

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Another great video J.D!

Digging this series I’m so into it when the to be continued thing comes up it’s like oh come on man ! 😂 can’t wait for the next one

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

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Really enjoyed the video mate can't wait for the next one

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I love your videos! I hit the like button even before the talking starts! Doing this with Jocko and Leif- AWESOME!!! Jocko is right, working with the “natives” wherever you are is very important. The locals are a great source info and most often, willingly to learn. The seals have many skills, but the local cops would have local info. Work with people, not against them. Life goes much easier.

I always learn something watching your channel… excellent

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that! Thanks.

Thank you for this series with Jocko, Leif and JP! I just went to FTX in Texas and spent a couple of days with JP.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Nice!

Awesome videos of the Little Big Horn! When you complete this series, could you possibly put them all together in a single video? Thank s again for the great content!

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Hmmm. That’s an idea that I hadn’t considered. I might do that.

JD, again I just want to say wow. Such great videos.

Great series!

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Really enjoyed this, JD. Despite being in the UK, my generation grew up on stories like this via comics and even bubble gum cards and I must make it to Little Big Horn one day.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Heck of a place.

I have always wondered when you would cover the Bighorn. Great info. This battlefield is the last in my bucket list to visit. Hopefully get there if the wife lets me. Great program keep up the great work.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Good presentation of the battle. Good job.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Beautifully filmed.

Brilliant content, as always!

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

Excellent show thanks ! Can’t wait for the rest sir !!

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!

Cool about markers. I never heard of markers. Thank you for walking this for a good view.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Much to learn here.

Not the history perspective I've come to expect from this channel. You main guy is gold all the other winning and opinions I fast forward through.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Sorry that it isn’t measuring up for you.

@Stubbypuppy

2 ай бұрын

Agreed

Great video JD. I always love your content. Taking my mother on a vacation to gettysburg in a few days. I owe my passion for history to her. along with the battlefield, I am Looking forward to visiting The gettysburg museum of history for the first time. Hopefully meeting Eric but regardless, im exited for the trip.

Great presentation. Great message for business,and personal life.Love the location. I could almost smell the sagebrush.

thanks jd im really enjoying this series!

This is a fascinating piece of your history. It would be good if you could get it on tv.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Too ugly for tv.

Great stuff! Made my day.

Love all your stuff glad your now on a subject I don't know as much about ready to learn more about this

Great video and History lesson JD outstanding Thank you

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks.

Great job on this , very interesting!

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Good video JD. My knowledge of this time period isnt good so this will help educate me!

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Is there a part 3 to this series if so when is it coming?! Fantastic work no one else has done this much as an in depth look!

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

And a part 4 🙂

Good stuff. Hope to see you this weekend in G- Burg

Excellent, cant wait for the next part.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

There's a horse bit and saddle at the Webb Military Museum in Savannah, GA recovered from Little Bighorn you can see and touch. It was a neat experience

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Wow!

Really enjoy your videos,.

Always great!

Looking foward to the next eposide 👏👏👍

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

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Great series. Do you know what book J.D. Baker is quoting from when he quoted Sitting Bull? I'd like to learn more about the Indians' perspectives, especially about the treaties (i.e.what they were and how they were broken)? thx

I hope there are more episodes. Please

First comment. Happening to open KZread to a 30 second old HU video... great morning.

@pamelaoliver8442

2 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

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Fantastic!!

Great episode!

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Marvelous stuff JD. Love it. What a beautiful place. Stunning views there. And then to imagine that a battle took place there. Natives defending their way of life. It’s mindblowing. I hope I can visit that place once.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Appreciate it. Quite the place.

GOD BLESS THE TROOPS

Man, I’m within 200 miles and would have traveled to meet you as. Have studied Custer and the LBH !!!!

JD..... thank you for this great series. Do you believe that the grave of Custer at the West Point Cemetery is actually Custer?

Good information as usual with the exception of the echelon interruption. His promotion of the group didn't add anything other than looking at an event from different perspectives.

We went to the reenactment, a few years back, on the Anniversary of Battle. It is hosted by the Real Bird Family. Highly recommended!

Thanks JD

Built a highway right through the battleground. Amazing.

those 5 last rolls will always get you....

Great video JD. Do you know why the spot where Isaiah Dorman fell is surrounded by those bars?

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

To keep it from being hit by a tractor.

@TheHistoryUnderground I've been greatly enjoying your channel and love to see more and even better content coming out. I don't know what your western travel plans are, but a spin-off mini-series on Crazy Horse might be interesting?! My friends and I used to spend some time at Fort Robinson State Park in NE where Crazy Horse was killed. The history there is quite compelling from the time of Crazy Horse up through WWll. Just a friendly suggestion! Thanks.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@bobreece5842

2 ай бұрын

Fort Robinson, now a state park, is one of our favorite places to stay. It's very busy there during the summer, so I recommend the fall. Leaves are starting to change, mornings are brisk, but the light makes for beautiful photography. *** Hint JD *** You can stay in the cavalry barracks, which is the main lodge. If you have a group of people, you can stay in the officers homes , which is where we would stay back in the day when Fort Robinson had its history conference. Up to 20 people can stay in those officer homes. Everything in the officers homes are functional, large kitchens, quaint bedrooms, and incredible porches.

@user-ps2ej5dn7r

2 ай бұрын

@@bobreece5842 Spot on, we always stayed in the officer homes which were great during the spring time when it was pretty relaxed.

I have been a history nut, military history in particular, since I was a young kid. I read everything about Little Bighorn that I could get my hands on in the mid-1960s. Not nearly what is out there now. As a youngster, I knew Custer had screwed up big time and had let his ego write checks his ass could not cash. I discussed this battle with my father who had a bachelors in history and was a WWII combat vet as a Marine scout-sniper and later an Army Reserve officer. He fully agreed with my analysis and conclusions. Nothing I have read or seen since has changed my mind.

Awesome stuff you do ❤ the ww2 stuff is so interesting/mind blowing... loving the Custer stuff ...is it true he had 11 horses shot from under him in the civil war ? And finished bottom of class at Weast Point ? I do believe in the sole survivor theory too .

40 plus years ago I was there on my way back from western Montana. I must be a sensitive type as the feeling of violence in the air was overwhelming. I actually had to leave early. It’s the only “paranormal” experience I ever had. About 8 years ago I went back and none of that energy was present. Then I noticed the more recent Indian memorial and figured when they dedicated it the area was smudged or something and the ghosts went to bed! 😊

Can you do a staff ride of the multiple battles of the California Campaign during the Mexican American War? From the Battle of San Pasqual, to the Battle of La Mesa, it is an often overlooked part of American history.

Who, in the middle of Montana, thought in was a good idea to build an Interstate through the middle of this mythical place?

@TheHistoryUnderground

27 күн бұрын

Ugh. I thought the same thing.

Tour guide says "this is a different dynamic than the US army has ever seen..." but perhaps he should read further back into history and find out about the Battle of the Wabash when ~1000 native Americans led by the Shawnee and Miami attacked 1486 men under Arthur St. Clair and annihilated them. 656 killed or captured, 279 wounded. The US Army had more men in the field and faced a likely similar or smaller sized native force and took WAY more casualties. In Kentucky, what would become Ohio and Indiana, and Virginia (West Virginia now) the period from the revolutionary war through the treaty of Greenville was way way more brutal than anyone realizes or now remembers.

@jasond1433

2 ай бұрын

I don't mean this as a critique of the video or the channel, it was excellent as always.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

I’ll have to look into that myself.

@bobreece5842

2 ай бұрын

The US Frontier Army faced some of the same warriors who defeated Custer in an earlier battle on December 21, 1866, and just 80 miles south from the Little Bighorn Battlefield. That fight was the Fetterman Battle near Fort Phil Kearny which is located about 10 mi north of Buffalo Wyoming. Just like Little Bighorn, Fort Phil Kearny and the Fetterman Battlefield are within eyesight of I-90. Every soldier and civilian who fought under Captain Fetterman were wiped out. Total Army defeat by the Lakota and Cheyenne was not out of the ordinary. It so happens that the Fetterman dead are buried in the Custer National Cemetery. Their remains are adjacent to the parking lot and within feet of the visitor center.

As a Brit I’ve emotive on this battle, I’ve not grown up with this story. No matter what the backstory or the relationships between the officers, if Bentsen had attempted to go beyond Reno’s position and safe Custer it would just have meant the entire command wiped out. The move to Weir Point cost one trooper his life and that was the 7th not engaging the enemy, no way he could move his companies, especially with the packs in tow. And the loss of Benteen’s force would leave Reno’s men no chance.

I went to the Little Bighorn battlefield on my honeymoon. Didn't know it at the time, but my family is second cousins to Custer's.

@TheHistoryUnderground

2 ай бұрын

Wow!