Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 25, 2015

I thought that was a picture of Vincent Van Gogh, until I read it.

Little Big Horn must’ve been that REALLY hard on the Custer family. Next time I go to Seattle, I’d better find those sweet swine pillows.

I remember seeing a bumper sticker: “Custer got Sioux’ed”.

I use JD’s bacon scented deodorant and bacon flavored chapstick

George did not follow his orders, he was to find the huge Sioux camp, not attack it. General Cook was coming from another direction with a much larger force. Because of George Custer ,Sitting Bulls dream of men coming into camp upside down came true.

reminds of the rampant nepotism of those times.

Custer was a Lt. Colonel, not a Major General.

True, gle. He had been a major general during the war, but like many career soldiers was reduced afterward.

Custer’s regiment was part of a column commanded by General Alfred H Terry, that set out from the Dakota Territory, while another column under General George Crook (not Cook) came up from Wyoming. The Army plan was for the columns to converge and keep the Lakota Sioux and Cheyennes from scattering, which they normally did when the soldiers got too close. What the Army did not know was that the Indians intended to stand and fight, and there were more than enough of them to do just that. The Army plan started coming apart almost from the start, as Crook was defeated at the Battle of the Rosebud and forced to halt to care for his wounded, many of whom could not be moved; he had no way of informing Terry of this development. Terry sent Custer and the 7th Cavalry ahead to locate the Indian village, which he did. However, he thought that he had been spotted (he had not) and decided to attack immediately, before the Indians could scatter. As we all know, he divided his command into three battalions, which turned out to be a bad idea. Custer’s five companies were wiped out, while the other two battalions were badly mauled. The entire regiment might have been annihilated had it not been for the arrival of General Terry and his troops, which caused the Lakota Sioux and the Cheyenne to withdraw.

Boston Custer. Now that’s a great name.

Boston Custer Cream Pie

He was a brevet Major General in the Civil War. After the war, he was reduced to Lt. Col which was his rank at the time of his death.

Bacon? Ew. Now a mint-scented one, I’d buy.