Against All Odds Message Board
Against All Odds Message Board
11/23/2024 11:41:13 AM
Home | Old Board Archives | Events | Polls
Photo Album | Classifieds | Downloads
Profile | Register | Members | Private Messages | Search | Posting Tips | FAQ | Web Links | Chat
Bookmarks | Active Topics
Invite A Friend To Face The Odds!
Username:
 Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?

 All Forums
 Battle of the Little Bighorn - 1876
 Custer's Last Stand
 Oh those missing sabers		  New Topic  New Poll New Poll
 Reply to Topic
 Printer Friendly Bookmark this Topic BookMark Topic

Author Previous Topic: Was the 7th Any Good At All? Topic Next Topic: The missing officers--  

Brent
Lt. Colonel


USA
Status: offline
Posted - June 23 2008 :  4:04:11 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
From time to time I read a lot about "what would have happened" if Custers men all had sabers at LBH.
Well-I can hardly imagine what 7th Cavalry saber training might have been like, but I have a picture in my mind of the troopers swinging them around mightily with no real inkling how to use them. Sort of like pugel stick (i.e. bayonet) training in the Army I was in (Vietnam era, 1967-1969). All sorts of instruction on how to properly use it, then watch the troops swing the things at each other like baseball bats.
So although I do believe that a certain few of the 7th may have been able to sell their lives a bit more dearly, for the most part the sabers would have been relatively useless--just more souveniers for the Indians.
Anybody have a different take??

joe wiggs
Brigadier General


USA
Status: offline
Posted - June 23 2008 :  7:06:22 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Brent, sorry but you take is very similar to mine. Undoubtedly, a few troopers would have dispatched warriors with the "long knives" but, the end result would have been the same. My reason for this perspective is that I'm convinced then the fall of the mighty 7th. was due to the close proximity of the warriors who possessed superior firepower;repeating rifles. Enough of them to get the job done. Based on this theory, with few exceptions,the sabers would have just been more cumbersome items to get rid of while in flight.
Edited by - joe wiggs on June 23 2008 7:08:20 PM
Go to Bottom of PageGo to Top of Page
  Previous Topic: Was the 7th Any Good At All? Topic Next Topic: The missing officers--  
 New Topic  New Poll New Poll
 Reply to Topic
 Printer Friendly Bookmark this Topic BookMark Topic
Jump To:
 
Custom Search

Against All Odds Message Board © 1998-2010 Rich Federici/Mohican Press Go To Top Of Page
This page was raised in 0.06 seconds. Powered By: Snitz Forums 2000 Version 3.4.03