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Before the Battle of Little Bighorn General Custer was offered what weapon that he turned down?
I am pretty sure it was the gattling gun....
What weapon did General Custer turn down in the battle of little Bighorn?
He turned down chemical warfare
Before the Battle of Little Bighorn Gen Custer was offered what weapon that he turned down?
The Gatling Gun. He insisted the guns would slow the movement of his cavalry.
Who was the Battle of the Little Bighorn betweeen?
The battle was between elements of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment and the combined forces of Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne, and Lakota (Souix) lead by Crazy Horse, Chief Gall of the Lakota, and guided by the Lakota shaman Sitting Bull. Tribal warriors numbered around 1,800 while the 7th Cav was manned by only around 600. After Custer's contingent of 200 was isolated, the three to one odds turned to nine to one.
What was the significance of Custer's last stand?
Custer's Last Stand, which took place on June 25, 1876, during the Battle of Little Bighorn, was significant as it marked a major defeat for the U.S. Army against Native American forces, particularly the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne tribes. The battle highlighted the escalating tensions and conflicts between Native Americans and settlers, symbolizing the broader struggle for land and sovereignty. Custer's death also turned him into a controversial figure and a martyr in American folklore, influencing public perception of Native American resistance and U.S. expansionism. Ultimately, the event became a pivotal moment in the narrative of westward expansion and the tragic consequences for Indigenous peoples.
What best describes the outcome of the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
The Battle of the Little Bighorn marked the beginning of the end of the Indian Wars. Although the battle ended in an overwhelming native victory, the vast military technological superiority of the United States Army eventually turned the Native American insurgencies into their favor. There are multiple perspectives on the outcome of how the battle ended:1. Perspective of the US:Colonel George Custer led around 640 troops to battle that day against between 2,000 to 5,000 Native warriors. Custer was an extremely arrogant commander - one author described him as a "headstrong nincompoop" - who refused to take the advise of his fellow officers and was a glory seeker. He thought the best thing he could do was engage the Natives in one climactic battle. When Native spies reported sighting a large Sioux settlement Custer mobilized his force. Upon entering the battlefield he split his 640 men int o three companies. He led the first, obviously hoping to be accredited to appear to be leading his victorious glorious soldiers into battle. After dividing his small force into even smaller units spread out across the hills, the Natives overwhelmed Custer's position first and he and about 250 troops of his company were wiped out in one massive charge. The other two companies sustained heavy casualties but held out longer. Rather than calling a retreat, in the disarray the surviving soldiers fled the battle in mass panic. Public reaction to the situation was shocked, but the losses a Little Bighorn were only a minor setback for the US military who would eventually show to the Natives during the end of the war that sheer numbers weren't enough to turn the tide.Perspective 2: The Nativesthe Natives did not see this as a victory. Rather, they saw it as an enormous loss of life for no reason. They didn't see it as a battle but oddly a massacre. The very night after the battle, the Sioux and Cheyenne packed their belongings and moved their settlement away from Little Bighorn in fear of an American counterattack. By the time General Terry arrived to investigate the loss of the 7th Cavalry, all he found were dead soldiers. The Natives had fled. A fact suppressed for many years was that Custer evidently committed suicide when the situation became hopeless, as he died of a bullet wound to the temple, while an arrow had been pushed into his penis (almost certainly after death). By the time word from the battle reached other Native tribes it was too late to rally hope. The US soon pushed harder and more ruthlessly to achieve its Manifest Destiny.The Native American won a decisive victory.
What battle turned around the Revolutionary War?
The battle of Saratoga
Who turned the tide of the battle?
my wang
What was the purpose of Battle of Shiloh?
it jus was a fiqht dat turned into a battle!
The battle which turned the tide of the Revolutionary War in favor of the Americans was what battle?
the Battle of Saratoga!
Battle which turned the tide of the war?
On the Eastern Front it was the Battle for Stalingrad and in the Pacific it was the Battle of Midway .
Why did General Custer eventually lose his life in War against the Warrior Class or The Sioux and The Cheyanne?
Custer had an ego that couldn't accept the fact that 10,000 Native Americans were camped on the Little Big Horn river. In mid June 1876 three column of US soldiers lined up against the camp . A force of 1200 Native Americans turned back the first column on June 17. Five days later Custer was ordered to scout ahead for enemy troops. On the morning of June 25 Custer was near the camp and decided to press ahead than to wait for reinforcements. When he left Ft.Lincoln on the morning of the battle he only had 600 men with him. The Native Americans fighting under the command of Sitting Bull had 3,000 men and outnumbered the 7th Calvary and within an hour the battle was over with all troops dead. Several of the Custer family were killed in the battle of Little Big Horn. Two of his brothers, his brother in law, and a nephew were killed. The battle was the most decisive battle in the history of Native Americans, but it also dealt the death knell for the Native Americans way of life. Within 5 years all the tribes were removed to reservations.
