You're correct, I was using the term General loosely since I knew it was volunteers and just didn't see the need to go into big, detailed explanations. In any event according to all sources, Custer was very bitter about what he saw as a demotion. Peace!
This is the first I've ever read the Custer was bitter about losing his General stars (I can't even call it a "demotion" since he knew it was a temporary commission when he got it. That's what Brevet means) that he knew he was going to lose when he got them.
He was bitter according to my sources about the temporary assignment during the civil war. He felt he deserved more/better treatment. He was an arrogant ass, as I think we've all pretty much agreed, so that stands to reason. He was actually serving time for desertion when he was recalled to fight the indians and assigned the rank of Lt Colonel and put in charge of the 7th. At least that's the way I remember it.
OK, now I'm out.
Let's just say that your sources are a little different than mine and I'm going to leave it at that.He was bitter according to my sources about the temporary assignment during the civil war. He felt he deserved more/better treatment. He was an arrogant ass, as I think we've all pretty much agreed, so that stands to reason. He was actually serving time for desertion when he was recalled to fight the indians and assigned the rank of Lt Colonel and put in charge of the 7th. At least that's the way I remember it.
He had something on the clintons.i want to know who killed jimmy hoffa...............
My sources told me and 10-12 thousand other people it was PeeWee Herman. But I told the wife and kids at breakfast just this morning I don't believe that ... But we all know how these damned legends get started. LOL!i want to know who killed jimmy hoffa...............
His history fighting indians was almost entirely surprising sleeping villages and killing a lot of women and children.
Go there and see for yourself Joe.There is a phenomenon called super refraction. It can and sometimes does cause a mirage. It's a bending of light rays that causes mirages, and sometimes will make things appear to float. However they are usually, but not always attributed to conditions of high moisture content in the air.
My point was that even if Custer could have seen the hill tops from 14 miles away, he would not have been able to see the camp in the lower valleys
I truly doubt that was an event during the mid day from 'Lookout Hill'. My stated calcs were simple numbers based on common formulas. But these mirages will only display what could ordinarily be seen normally, they can't lift an object up and out of a valley for instance. One will see the higher points almost as if they were actually visable, but nothing that is normally blocked from normal vision. Think of it like seeing a boat mirage, but you won't be able to see it's anchor. Good point though.
The one on the left I read for the first time when I was 7 or 8 years old. I have a couple copies of it laying around here somewhere right now. Parts of it have been criticized by other scholars for taking license with some inconsequential bits, but it's fairly accurate historically.
He shouldn't have been surprised or vindictive because he knew the system. The term "Brevet" is temporary in nature and once the conflict is over most were reduced back to their permanent rank. Custer was a Brevet Major General and then reduced to his permanent rank of Lt. Col. In WWII, there were "theater promotions" to accomplish the same thing. Massive numbers of units were generated and the leadership requirements ballooned. Once the war was over, most reverted back to their permanent rank or went back to civilian life.
