LEADER 03334nam 22004813 450 001 9910158954203321 005 20230803214453.0 010 $a9781786252579 010 $a1786252570 035 $a(CKB)3710000001011460 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4807363 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4807363 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11348175 035 $a(OCoLC)974583102 035 $a(Perlego)3021329 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001011460 100 $a20210901d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Custer Fight; Capt. Benteen's Story Of The Battle 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSan Francisco :$cNormanby Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014. 215 $a1 online resource (29 pages) 327 $aIntro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- CAPTAIN BENTEEN'S OWN STORY -- (ADDENDA) - WHY CROOK DID NOT MEET TERRY, GIBBON AND CUSTER. 330 8 $aFOR THE FIRST TIME since he testified before the Reno Court of Inquiry, at Chicago, in 1879, Capt. F. W. Benteen, senior captain of Custer's regiment, the famous 7th Cavalry, here relates the part he played in that most disastrous of Indian fights on American soil, over which more controversy has raged than over any other battle fought against the red man in the United States.Much of the account is from his own testimony at the Reno Inquiry; some of it is from the personal letters of Capt. Benteen, (in possession of the author). Certain charges were made against Major Marcus A. Reno and Capt. Benteen by Frederick Whittaker, Custer's biographer. At the last moment Whittaker withdrew his charges against Capt. Benteen. He also utterly failed to substantiate his charges against Major Reno, the verdict of the Court being that "there was nothing in his conduct which requires animadversion from the Court, and that in view of all the facts in evidence, no further proceedings are necessary in this case." No officer in the Civil War won a more brilliant record than Major Reno, he being brevetted by grades from a first lieutenant to a colonel ''for gallant and meritorious service." Later, he served as Assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point.The testimony at the Reno Inquiry revealed that both Capt. Benteen and Major Reno had done the best that could be done with what they had to do with, and that, but for their extraordinary heroism and bravery in the fight on the bluffs, following Custer's overwhelming defeat, four miles down the river, the troops under their charge would likewise have been wiped out.Students of the battle of the Little Big Horn will do well to carefully preserve this account of the Custer fight as related by Capt. Benteen. 606 $aCuster, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 606 $aCrook, George, 1829-1890 615 0$aCuster, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876. 615 0$aCrook, George, 1829-1890. 676 $a973.82 700 $aBenteen$b Captain Frederick W$01378240 701 $aBrininstool$b E. A$01377046 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910158954203321 996 $aThe Custer Fight; Capt. Benteen's Story Of The Battle$93416443 997 $aUNINA