GDG- Custer (and Gettysburg) On the Tube Again

[CWMHTours at aol.com]

I do not like the Gatling.  Seems like more was made of  it than it was 
worth.
 
Big and clumsy and complicated to use.
 
What's weird is that they show up in nearly every Western  movie in the 
world.  Didn't Clint Eastwood use one in the Good, the Bad ,  and the Ugly or 
some movie?
 
Actually I have never come across a reference that they were  used on naval 
vessels.  There they could be far more conveniently mounted  and operated.  
Wood be very useful in stopping blockade  runners.
 
Schtoooped Gatling.
 
"Just  the facts, ma'am." 

Your Most Obediant Servant
Peter  

 
In a message dated 1/18/2012 9:36:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
Batrinque at aol.com writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member Contributes:


In a message dated 1/18/2012 8:29:32 P.M.  Eastern Standard Time,  
CWMHTours at aol.com writes:

I  think  leaving the Gatlings behind was a smart move.   Custer's  plan 
was  
to move fast to catch the Indians.  The Gatlings  were  about as  heavy as 
any 
light arty.  It would have  slowed them a lot as  they  were going cross 
country.  It's  pretty rough country  out  there.

The Gatlings went with John  Gibbon's column (hey, John Gibbon -- another  
Gettysburg connection!)  and they indeed proved troublesome during Gibbon's 
march  to the  LBH.  Just as they were a problem a week or so earlier when  
Major  Reno took part of the 7th Cav on a scout up the Powder River  and 
down the 
Tongue  and over to the Rosebud.   

Bruce  Trinque
Amston,  CT
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