GDG- Custer (and Gettysburg) On the Tube Again

[keith mackenzie]

Yeah. I'm sure that works too.
Sooooo.
 "Son of the Morning Star" a reasonable book?
 
K.

"Hello! I'm The Doctor."
(Dr. Who)


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From: "Batrinque at aol.com" <Batrinque at aol.com>
To: gettysburg at arthes.com 
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: GDG- Custer (and Gettysburg) On the Tube Again

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


In a message dated 1/18/2012 1:40:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
bluzdad at yahoo.com writes:

more as  an example of what a psychopath is capable of if you put him in 
exactly the  right situation.
I probably don't mean that the way it sounds, but it's as  close as I can 
come to what I do mean.


I don't think the show portrayed Custer as a psychopath.  Nor do I  view 
him as one.  An aggressive, ambitious cavalry officer, yes.  And  one pretty 
much following standard military doctrine of the day.

Bruce  Trinque
Amston, CT
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