#thomas custer

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WATCHING

A fictional "Wild" Bill Hicock & Crazy Horse are on a hunt to kill a monster of a mythical WHITE BUFFALO.

It's like Moby Dick in the old west. It's a historical fiction western monster movie. Quite the hybrid.

TRIVIA: In this film, Wild Bill Hickok often wears dark glasses. There is a factual basis to this characterization. In 1876, Hickok was diagnosed by a doctor in Kansas City, Missouri, with glaucoma and "ophthalmia." Actually, he was probably afflicted with trachoma, a common vision disorder of the time.

The film also correctly shows the way the historical Wild Bill carried his revolvers, butt-forward in a belt or sash without any holsters.

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Thomas Custer : Died June 25, 1876

Thomas Ward Custer was a United States Army officer and two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor for bravery during the American Civil War. A younger brother of...

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Forget George his brother Thomas Custer was more interesting 

Thomas W. Custer received the Medal of Honor twice for gallantry for his actions during the American Civil War

Thomas Custer won his first Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle of Namozine Church, April 3, 1865. Among Union forces charging Confederate barricades, Custer had his horse leap a barricade while coming under fire. The Confederates fell back in confusion before him, while he saw a color bearer. Racing forward he seized the flag of the Second North Carolina cavalry from the bearer and commanded those around him to surrender. He took three officers and eleven enlisted men prisoner, took them behind the federal column and requisitioned another horse as his had been shot in the charge

Similar actions in the Battle of Sayler's Creek resulted in Custer being the first American soldier to receive two Medals of Honor. Riding alongside Colonel Charles E. Capehart when the command to charge was given, he raced his horse toward the enemy barricades through a line of rifle fire, then lept the barricade to be surrounded by the enemy. He discharged his pistol to both sides, scattering the enemy. He noticed Confederates attempting to make a new battleline and saw the color bearer they were rallying to. Custer charged the bearer