Re: Company I at Little Big Horn

Posted by Rich on December 30, 2001 at 05:13:27:

In Reply to: Company I at Little Big Horn posted by Craig on December 15, 2001 at 07:00:31:

: At Little Big Horn, it has been established that Company L under Lt. Calhoun fought a bitter rear guard action. Has there been any established opinion on what action Company I under Captain Myles Keogh performed? Where they in fact suporting Company L as a rear guard? Did they fight hard, or collapse?

I remember during my one, and only, visit to the Battlefield in 1987, getting the distinct impression [from the location of the markers] that Keogh's Company I had the look of a unit that had been pushed over the ridge - away from the river - by mounting Indian pressure.

It is more commonly thought that they were going to the aid of a collapsing Company L, under Calhoun, or moving to meet a new threat in the form of Crazy Horse. Most descriptions say their demise was quick.

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: : At Little Big Horn, it has been established that Company L under Lt. Calhoun fought a bitter rear guard action. Has there been any established opinion on what action Company I under Captain Myles Keogh performed? Where they in fact suporting Company L as a rear guard? Did they fight hard, or collapse?

: I remember during my one, and only, visit to the Battlefield in 1987, getting the distinct impression [from the location of the markers] that Keogh's Company I had the look of a unit that had been pushed over the ridge - away from the river - by mounting Indian pressure.

: It is more commonly thought that they were going to the aid of a collapsing Company L, under Calhoun, or moving to meet a new threat in the form of Crazy Horse. Most descriptions say their demise was quick. 


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