2006-07-11 02:52:15 · 13 answers · asked by Shag 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
He was worse than any of that. He was an idiot who wrongly believed himself to be a genius, ans a coward who believed himself to be brave. During the civil war, even his fellow confederates believed him to be a fool more able to talk B.S. than to win a battle, and at Little Big Run he was hoping to kill woman and children--he was afraid of running into any actual braves
2006-07-11 09:41:03 · answer #1 · answered by The Armchair Explorer 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
OK, so he was an egomaniac. He finished dead last at West Point, and only got the "General" as an honorary title. He assumed, like most other Americans at the time, that Native Americans were a backward people who would be poorly armed, poor fighters, and that there were not many of them in the area. He didn't realize that he was walking into an entire gathering of Indian nations, and that they were sometimes better equipped than he was.
2006-07-11 14:14:59 · answer #2 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well.....he wanted to be President and felt that a few big wins over the Indians would gain him a lot of popularity and he could get elected by being the fearless fighter of the plains. Guess they showed him a thing or two!!!
2006-07-11 11:57:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An arrogant white guy that thought there was no possible way that a bunch of "silly savages " could beat the U. S. Cavalry.
2006-07-11 10:15:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was a plane whit man at the time thought that native Americans where inferior to him and that his battle tatics from the civil war days would help him in any thing and he thought the tribe would scatter when they saw him coming oh who am i kidding he was a moron lol
2006-07-11 16:25:31 · answer #5 · answered by ryan s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Civil War Hero. He thought that being one gave him license to do anything. Ego maniac
2006-07-11 10:25:28 · answer #6 · answered by Mary Lynn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A gifted military genius who led a charmed life..
2006-07-11 09:56:37 · answer #7 · answered by gamerunner2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He really did have a distorted sense of his own importance. This greatly influenced his decision making and ultimately cost him his life.
2006-07-11 11:00:33 · answer #8 · answered by markelliott32 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A guy who all he wanted to do was be a big shot and it cost everyone else their lives
2006-07-11 23:42:55 · answer #9 · answered by Igor Jivatofski 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wrong man in the wrong place.
2006-07-11 10:08:56 · answer #10 · answered by kit walker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋