Author: Colonel French L. MacLean
Publisher: SCHIFFER BOOKS, May 2011
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0-7643-3757-2
Synopsis
Presented here is the most-detailed work on a single company at the Little Bighorn ever written ? the product of multi-year research at archives across the country & detailed visits to the battlefield by a combat veteran who understands fields of fire, weapons? effects, training, morale, decision-making, unit cohesion & the value of outstanding non-commissioned officers. 350 Color & B&W images; 8.5x11 inches, 272 pgs.
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This is the story of George Custer?s best cavalry company at the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn ? Company M. With a tragically-flawed, but extremely brave Company Commander & a no-nonsense First Sergeant, Company M maintained a disciplined withdrawal from the skirmish line fighting, saving Major Marcus Reno?s entire detachment & possibly the rest of the regiment from annihilation. Presented here is the most-detailed work on a single company at the Little Bighorn ever written ? the product of multi-year research at archives across the country & detailed visits to the battlefield by a combat veteran who understands fields of fire, weapons? effects, training, morale, decision-making, unit cohesion & the value of outstanding non-commissioned officers.