George Custer was killed 150 years ago at the Battle of Little Bighorn. But he committed many atrocities before his death, including burning down the Shenandoah Valley in 1864. Col. John Mosby fought him there, and Custer hanged some of Mosby’s troops in my old hometown Front Royal, Virginia. This video is tied to my […]
Spurred by article at the Mises Institute website
On Little Bighorn Anniversary, Remember Custer’s Crimes by James Bovard June 25th was the 150th anniversary of the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn. Col. George Custer and 267 US soldiers were massacred by thousands of outraged Indian warriors on the plains of eastern Montana. In 1969, as a twelve-year-old traveling to a Boy Scout Jamboree […]
This is the 150th anniversary of the execution of six of John S. Mosby’s Rangers by Union forces under the command of Gen. George S. Custer. The hills and mountains I roamed as a boy was previously known as “Mosby’s Confederacy”- thanks to the courage and savvy of the guerillas led by Col. John S. Mosby, the […]
Painting by Mort Kunstler, “On to the Shenandoah” May 23, 1862 – Full size at his website [[UPDATED: MAY 23, 2025]] Today is the 163th anniversary of the battle of Front Royal, Virginia (the town near where I was raised). On May 23, 1862, almost all the Yankee soldiers in Front Royal were captured, killed […]
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thanks for reminding people about the Weaver incid
Frank
Good article. Thanks!
Jim
Excellent points. I wrote about some of those war
Frank
Custer unfortunately wasn't alone. There were
