Flag from Custer's last stand sold for $2.2 million

George Armstrong Custer was an a-hole and should be remembered as a force for ethnic cleansing. He is guilty of nothing short of genocide.

He was one very small cog in a large machine. If what you say has any truth to it, then the US government at the time was just as guilty.

Custer got what was coming to him. A true home grown terrorist of the time.

@forinagai

Hell yes, the U.S. Government was guilty of genocide.

Hell yes, the U.S. Government was guilty of genocide.

A little excitable there. The whole tragedy can be seen from a few different angles. First off, there was no concept of "genocide" back then. You cannot call the government guilty of trying to eliminate the Native American "race." The Sioux, by the way, were hardly innocent. They sided with the truly racist South in the Civil War and routinely raided settler camps in places like Minnesota, killing men, women and children indiscriminately. The b.s. "noble savage" romanticization of the Native Americans has gone on far too long.

Custer had political ambitions, according to some historians, and typical of the sort that wants to go into politics he needed either a "crisis" to save us from or a big victory - in his case "out West" - to gain publicity.

But the Redskins had the home field advantage that day. Heh heh heh.

Moderator: There is no need for a "heh heh heh."

First off, there was no concept of "genocide" back then.

"We didn't know any better" doesn't cut it. You can try to excuse the inexcusable but I don't think anybody is buying it. Learn to man up like the rest of us and take responsibility.

I don't understand "collectors". $2.2 million dollars for a "piece of Americana"? I assume they think that the price will go up and this is just another investment.

George Armstrong Custer was a terrible military leader and had finished last in his class at West Point. His actions during the Civil War cost thousands of Federal lives but he did recieve field promotions based on the fact that he managed to beat the Confederates which was the priority.

During his Little Big Horn campaign, no one knows why Custer didn't scout the enemy before hand, why he divided his forces or why he continued with the assult after he finally discovered that he was out numbered 10 to 1. Custer had cut his hair short before leaving on his last campaign. Maybe he had a deathwish and didn't want to die alone?