Review: A great retelling of Custer's last stand, from a point of view of a lieutenant who was adjutant
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2014
I was hoping this was based on an actual character but couldn't verify it on line. Certainly many soldiers won a medal of honor for their actions that day but no officers listed. The story is basiclly that General Custer was a master of tactics but headstrong to the point of carelessness, his second in command, Reno, obeyed orders only when they seemed to fit his strict category of acceptable action. Benteen, third in command was a drunk who had seen too much murder, death and mayhem and had what today we call ptsd. This is well thought out, an excellent story line and except for a few typos an easy to follow book. This auther does know how to put together an interesting yarn...shu