Incredibly charming. I think that a lot of the men couldnt help but have feelings for her. She was a gifted artist. She could write. She was good at writing. She showed her salts being able to be on the bill of the planes with all of these other shoulders and so they crooke opted accustomed to her and captain weir especially, i think, was very struck by her. I dont believe there was anything physical that ever went on between the two of them, but it wasnt beyond elizabeth to create in a georges mind that there was more that was happening. She liked george being a little jealous of her. A lot of the individuals who served with george and came up through the ranks with george were very upset that he achieved a higher rank than they did and that he was younger. One of the men who was under george was the seventh calvary and he was very resentful of george and the fact that he was 23 years old, 24 years old and telling him what to do. He was not a fan of that and he and george always clash
Rock stars, like guys, historians, women, weve all heard of, weve seen them on tv, weve read their books. Everybody knows who they are. We talked about them in hush tones and it has been my privilege to be friends with one of those rock stars because truly eric wit bigger is a name that is known by eric wittenberg. Hes known not only for his expertise in the union calvary, many o his knowledge on controversial topics where he is constantly challenging people to reconsider what they think they know. Hes never one to take a position because its popular but he takes because it is well considered, well researched and it is well thought out. And so hes sometimes not so afraid to challenge conventional thinking on things. And its that sense of going for the truth that has always made me admire his work. Tarting out when i first got into the civil war as someone reading books and just thought this guy is fantastic. Hes got 17 books you can read. But as our friendship has grown over the years,
Their lives. I like to see who you are this morning. If youve never been here in your life, please put your hand up. Now hold it way up. Now, just look around. Its always the same. 90 of the folks come here never been here in their life, and yet, except for these little tykes over here, theres nobody in this audience who has never heard of George Armstrong custer. Theres nobody in this audience who has never heard of sitting bull or crazy horse. And i promise you this, theres nobody here who has never heard of elvis presley. Well, folks, its a simple story. And yet its a complex story. You are on the battlefield right now. And it stretches five miles to the south of us, well beyond the in the hill, way out there, five miles. On june 25, 1876, george in the hill, way out there, five Armstrong Custer with 647 troops will attack a massive camp located about a mile and a half to two miles to the south of us down in the river valley bottom. Theres 8,000 people in that village. 1,500 to 2,00
To go. To end it, above all things, i think prosecutors and perhaps Police Officers have to understand that with all the we have, and its enormous, there has to be a goes along with exercising it and an toerstanding that we want make sure that we have tried to facts and tothe not conclude simply because we firmly thatthing that shouldnt be questioned. And i think thats kind of self awareness and self analysis in all of us and maker office is going to us do better at conviction integrity. I think well bend a note of humility and thank the panel. They have been terrific. [applause] on cspan, a look at the role of the Justice Departments in theights division ferguson, Missouri Police shooting. Science related to native American History, followed by todays washington journal live with your phone calls. Risen on how the u. S. Government waists millions waraxpayer dollars on the on terror. Stuart bowen was the only who really tried to investigate what happened to all the money that the unite
Will attack a massive camp located about a mile and a half to two miles to the south of us down in the river valley bottom. Theres 8,000 people in that village. 1,500 to 2,000 of them are warriors. Custer will have 647 troops. Its the only battlefield in the country, only one of two in the whole world, where white markers indicate where soldiers were killed on the battlefield and buried where they fell. Red markers, like the one at the mouth of deep ravine, just to the left of this gentleman, 17 warrior markers across the battlefield, much more warriors died in the fight. But weve got 17 markers placed there by oral histories and families. Theyre not buried on the battlefield. They are picked up very quickly and later buried in trees and caves and scaffolding. On top of the hill, just below the monument, custer perishes at the age of 36 years old. Buried in an 18inch grave. Disinterred a year later, what was left of him, placed in a box about this big, taken back to west point, where h