History Channel documentary on Custers Last Stand?

[Doug.38PR]

About 5 or 6 years ago I remember the History Channel doing a big documentary on the Battle of Little Bighorn going over tactics, weapons involved, blunders, weapon faults, situations, etc. etc. etc.

Can't seem to find it on HC.  Does anybody else remember this or did I just imagine it?

[SGT John Chapman]

I've seen several on that subject matter,.....most recent was on SGT Frank Finkle possibly being an actual survivor of the whole deal....there was a "Histories Mysteries" that covered most of what you were talking of.....

[St. George]

'The History Channel' did, in fact, air a couple of Little Big Horn documentaries - featuring Scott and Fox.

Essentially, you can read all about it in the book - 'Archaeological Perspectives on the Battle of the Little Big Horn' - by Scott, Fox, Conner and Harmon.

There are other works by them - all interesting, and not featuring the poor 're-enactment' sequences.

These were the folks who did the archaeological recovery after the brush fires swept away the undergrowth.

Using metal detectorists, they were able to map out the way the battle unfolded, and using forensics, could track individual weapons across the fields through analysis of spent cartridge cases.

They found numerous artifacts left well after the burial parties' work - including the remains of the scout Mitch Bouyer - pieced together from skull fragments.

This gives a true record of what weapons were in actual use and not in 'supposed' use, as well.

Most Public Libraries have a copy.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

[Doug.38PR]

yeah.  talks about stuff like the different weapons used, the advantages and disadvantages.  The average trooper using a Springfield Trapdoor Carbine .45-70 that had a longer range than the indians weapons, but the cartridges were made of copper (?) and tended to jam into the tube and had to extracted with a knife after so many shots, they were also single shot were as SOME of the indians were armed with yellowboys, henrys, spencer and winchester repeaters (even talked about how they modified many of their rifles by taking the front stock off an painting the shoulder stock and sewing leather and beads onto it to take weight off it and make it their personal rifle), most of the indians used bows, arrows, lances and tomahawks.  A few even had old muzzle loading ball and cap rifles over the years.