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RE: The Short, Tragic History Of Fort Phil Kearny
Sounds like the kind of guy you want leading your forces. You know, inability to follow orders, fragile ego, lacing in tactical ability... I wonder if one of the Dakota said something mean about his mother?
lol! I was trying to keep the post to a reasonable length but just weeks earlier he disobeyed a direct order and went where he wasn't supposed to, he had four men with him and they had a skirmish with Indians and two of the men got killed.
The problem was the commander was very short handed on officers.
Yeah, but after him, they were short on soldiers, too :-P
lol! that's not funny sir fotosdenada, you made me laugh at a tragedy. lol. Just think, those green recruits probably thought they were going to the Wild West for a fun adventure. They were very short on soldiers though. That was a third of their force and the commander was on high alert because he knew the Indians could take the fort if they wanted to.
I think they thought the fort had more men and weaponry than they actually had.