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  • custer was one brave and excellent cavalry officer. the only one more brave might have been his brother,tom. he bit off more than he could chew at the little big horn...true. but he was there and did it...nuff said

  • Wouldn't it be kind of ridiculous for 5,000 to lose to 200 at anything?

  • Custer's troops marched into a Cheyenne village in the Washita River in 1867 and massacred the whole damn village . 10 years later it was pay back time when the madman attacked what he thought was another unarmed Cheyenne village only to be met by more than 5,000 of the greatest little cavalry the world has ever know.

  • NY fighting 69th March, U.S. Civil War ...

  • Garryowen is also a famous rugby club in Limerick city, and is also the name given in Ireland to the rugby technique of booting the ball up high and rushing on to it (an up-and-under)

  • this is an irish song and the brits trying to march to it ha look at these videos marching to st patricks day and a few others ha you sad bastereds have no culture, music or fuck all the irish have been fighting you for 9 hundred years we hate you and dont want you animals marching to are music

  • There is a Sousa march called Garry Owen where the theme appears in the march's trio. But what is the origin of this setting here? We hear Garry Owen at the beginning and the end with another song in the middle. Does anyone know whose arrangement/setting this is?

  • great performance, superior recording. thx.

  • this song is a reference to a part of the town of Limerick, Ireland. Originally adopted by the British Army (5th Royal Irish Lancers). Beethoven composed 2 arrangements of this in the early 1800s, as did John Philip Souza in later years. It was then adopted by the 69th NY Regiment before Custer even heard it. So I am fairly certain that the credit for the US forces using it goes to the Fighting 69th.

  • British tune end of!

  • not really a yankee tune ? A very early reference to the tune appears in The Life of the Duke of Wellington by Jocquim Stocqueler, published in 1853. He describes the defence of the town of Tarifa in late December 1811, during the Peninsular War. General H. Gough, later 1st Viscount Gough, commanding officer of the 87th Regiment after repulsing an attack by French Grenadiers When the enemy, scared, ran from the walls, he drew his sword, made the band strike up 'Garry Owen',

  • @cypruskev Additional detail - 87th Foot - the Royal Irish Fusiliers!

  • @freebeerfordworkers correct sir

  • Thank you for the clarification, Major. My grandfather served in the 11th shortly after it was raised, when it was deployed to Cuba after the Spanish American War.

  • "Garryowen" was/is the 7th Cavalry Regiment's song and greeting. Currently squadrons of the 7th are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division.

    The 11th Armored Cavalry has always been the Blackhorse. It was NEVER associated with the 1st Cav.

    Major (ret) Tim Cooke.

    1st Cav, 2AD, 3AD (3-12 Cavalry)

  • The 11th CAV is the 'BLACKHORSE" I served with them in "Nam. We were op coned under the 1st Cav.

  • "Black Horse" is the ELEVENTH ARMORED CAVALRY REGT., garrisoned at Ft. Irwin, CA. It's march is "Allons! Allons!" NOT "Garryowen"

    Often confused as the "Black Horse", but an entirely different outfit (incorporating a black horse in its insignia) is the 1st CAVALRY DIVISION, which also uses "Garryowen" as the divisional march (however, this was adopted after the 7th Cavalry first employed the tune). The First Cavalry Division refers to itself NOT as "Black Horse", but as THE FIRST TEAM.

  • No,the Blackhorse is the 1st cav.

    I should know,my wife's nephew served in it in Iraq from 2006-7.

    Plus Clint eastwood's character Wally Kowalski in"Gran Torino"served in

    the 1st cav in korea.

  • Here's to the Blackhorse!!WWI;WWII;Korea;Vie­tam;Desert Storm and Iraq!!

    OOAAHH!!!

  • WA-HOOOOOOO !!!!!! Great March !!!!

  • they used this music a lot in the 1955 movie "The Long Gray Line" based on the life of Martin Maher who was a long time career Army enlisted man serving at West Point. GREAT old movie with Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp and Ward Bond.

  • My wife's nephew was in the 1st cav-"The Blackhorse"-in Iraq!!

    Ooaaah!!

  • @kingbushwickthe33rd

    The Blackhorse is the 11 Cav

  • The funny part about Little Bighorn was the fact the only Troop to actually engage the indians was none other than 1 of the scapegoat's Capt Benteen's troop was the only outfit in the 7th to do any damage to the indians .In fact he stood up through the fight while his troops kept asking him to get down but he stood his ground totally exposed to enemy fire encouraging his soldiers even took a round thru his pants .What he did in that fight should have gotten him a Medal Of Honor ,

  • Funny how so many find it so easy to trash George Armstrong Custer for his "arrogance" & "stupidity" (political correctness) but you NEVER hear anything negative said about the absolute stupidity of his opponents of the day. Oh yeah! They were soooo smart that they were militarily defeated in relative short order & on very rare occasions did they have the "smarts" to unite to take on the U.S. Cavalry. Little Big Horn is one of those "rare" occasions.

  • @museack Don't forget his carge in the Civil war.

  • @museack Custer was arrogant as hell, you can't deny that, His "strategig ability" told him to go ahead and move into hostile territory without ANY support and he left the artillery behind because it would "slow him down" so, He actually was arrogant, don't deny facts! :)

  • @rgrrmy *Strategic

  • @rgrrmy and hje died for his stupidy what does that tell you

  • @miyagisan123 That he was arrogant. Lol.

  • Which parade is this? It almost looks like a Presidential inauguration.

    Richard.

    Alexandria, VA

  • Custer, what an arrogant idiot, anyone who thinks he's brave, if I could ask him 1 question..if you're so brave, why did you run from Jeb Stuart?

  • @tenntex2 Sometimes brave man must run away in time....in order to later compose legend

  • @tenntex2 his men shot jeb stuart

  • @ColonelGeorgeACuster ...Liberal education? Your history is most foul, Sheridan's men killed Stuart. Custer's arrogance killed Custer.

  • @tenntex2 Allright then Mr Knowitall. Custer WAS one of Sheridan's men. so grandly taken they did kill him. hate him all you want, but he's probz the hero of gettysburg.

  • @ColonelGeorgeACuster ...go back to school, you flunked history, Stuart was shot by John Huff of the 5th Michigan Cav at battle of Yellow Tavern, Custer was in command of the 1st...thats First F I R S T Mich Cav.

  • @tenntex2 Dude, do you know how to have a discussion witrh NO insulting and stuff. So what you say Custer sucked? and they made him a Major General Randomly?

  • @ColonelGeorgeACuster ...Custer did suck, if he hadn't disobeyed orders he might have lived a bit longer...but he was just havin fun, right?

  • @tenntex2 Custer, whatever else he may or may not have done at Little Big Horn, did not disobey General Terry's orders.

  • @AdmiralCSN , you are correct, however the man was stupid, he refused the offer of 4 additional troops of the 2nd Cav and left a battery of gatling guns on the Yellowstone, the man was a true idiot.

  • @ColonelGeorgeACuster ...by the way, your hero was court martialed at Ft. Leavenworth for being AWOL

  • @ColonelGeorgeACuster ... just wonderin, hero of Gettysburg? before or after he was rescued? oh, almost forgot out of a class of 34 @ West Point good ol George graduated ...drum roll please...wait for it....34th.Stuart graduated 17th out of a class of 46

  • @tenntex2 General Pickket graduated last aswell. and if you think you know history so well you would have known it was not because he was DUMB but he was enjoying himself, a thing some people find very hard to do. Like people who always want to push their opinions on others. If i think Custer is Bad Ass you can do nothing about it.

  • @ColonelGeorgeACuster what makes you think I want to do anything about it? you stated your opinion and I gave you the facts, not my problem if you can't stand non slanted non revisionist history, nor is it my responsibiity to educate you, go to the library or order books to read, I was fortunate that my late dad was a student of the war and had more literature on it than any major library, not to mention he hauled his family to nearly every major battle site when I was a kid...lighten up.

  • Revenge is a word, 'that' does not stand in military terms, as a military action, therefore; when a military unit commits revenge, there 'is' no honor. Revenge is the only word you could put on this stupidity of killing old women, men and children. What honor is there in such an action? Therefore, rescind the Medals of Honor for the Wounded Knee Massacre (battle, in military terms).

    Read the epic novel Rescue at Pine Ridge, 5 stars Amazon Int., the story of the revenge and redemption.

  • Onore al grande comandante Harold moore e i suoi uomini che hanno combattuto nella battaglia del Ia Drang nel novembre del 1965.

  • God Bless General Custer

    Big G

  • George Armstrong Custer, el militar más valiente de toda la historia, dejo un himno inmortal "Garry Owen" y el glorioso y actualizado 7º de caballeria.

    EEUU EL PAIS DE LA BUENA GENTE, EL PAIS DE LA GENTE VALIENTE.-

  • Dance..at Ft Apache

  • Custer Inmortal Good Bless United States Army

  • @JOAQUIM1237  very right !

  • @JOAQUIM1237 Custer was an arrogant, brainless twit with delusions of his own ego.

  • @wolfkarel Estoy orgulloso del General George Armstrong Custer y el inmortal 7º de caballeria, gracias a él y a hombres como él ahora vivimos en paz.-

  • @JOAQUIM1237 1st of all......Custer was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Regular U.S. Army........his Brevet rank of General that he earned during the Civil War was negated after the wars end. The MURDERS of American Indians he committed after the Civil War were atrocities and crimes against humanity. I'm proud of those people who brought the end of his life in June 1876.

  • An English 17th century tune taken by the Royal Irish Regiment and then taken by Custer for his 7th cavalry anthem,a great bouncy tune that is beffitting of such great regiments..

  • @Getoofmycloud its not an english tune its 100% irish from limerick it was played by irish troops in wellingtons army in spain

  • awesome march. one of the best ever.

  • @ColonelIRHS: "The Irish Jaunting Car" was the tune for the American Civil War Confederate favorite song, "The Bonnie Blue Flag," and several other CW songs that followed it. Lyrics to BBF by Harry McCarthy in 1861. It should not be confused with the "Garry Owen." They are distinct tunes.

  • @wbhenderson Sorry I have to disagree. I have the sheet music for "The Irish Jaunting Cart" and it is no where near the tune for The Bonnie Blue Flag. The Jaunting Cart song was a a fife and drum song in the British Army in the early 1700's.

  • I find that commentor 'SpecialEffects9' post about the 9th Cavalry was somehow flagged as spam - what's with that?  Its a fact of history, why would anyone want to diminish their valiance.

  • The tune was originally called "the Irish Jaunting Cart" and played on fife and drum by the British Army around the late 1600's. It had a variety of names and appeared in American vaudeville bands prior to the Civil War. It was played by several American regiments during the war and adopted by the 7th Cavalry as their official regimental song during the Indiain Wars. No one really knows when the song originated but all agree it came from Ireland as a folk tune.

  • America!!Hell Yeah!!!

  • @kingbushwickthe33rd its an irish song

  • NO No No 11th Hussars

  • Custer'sL ast Stand theme music

  • Greetings to all Skytroopers from a First Cav Redleg.

    GARRY OWEN !

  • The March of the 69th Infantry regiment from New York City

  • @LineDoggie Faugh a Ballagh. with you all the way.

  • Served in that Regiment once (7th US Cavalry)....We all knew the words or else!!!

    Dale in AL

  • @vonmazur1 ..I served in the 3/7th @ Schweinfurt Germany '77-'79...you?

  • @tenntex2 I was assigned to the 7th TDY in Germany in 1968. It was technical, so I could inspect NATO Troops...Just a short visit. I was an Aviator and CW2 at the time, and they needed someone who spoke a NATO Language other than English. They snagged me for this right on the spot at Rhein Main, when I was doing currier duty..

    It was fun to be able to ask German Soldats what their General Orders were, "auf Deutsch!!!"

  • @vonmazur1 ..ah, ok I thought maybe I had found someone I had served with who also was from AL. Thank you for your service!!

  • absolutely a brilliant march played fantastically................

    it is the regimental march of a few British Regiments most fitting was probably the Ulster Defence Regiment (1970-1992 )

  • Good music here - posted this to my facebook page but it wouldn't play there, had to click through to youtube to play it..

  • Who plays this version of garry owen? great march played to perfection, great video.

  • @southbelfastloyal

    The Civil War: It's Music and It's Sounds (Disc 1)

    Field Music Of Union And Confederate Troops: Camp, Garrison And Field Calls For Fifes And Drums: (Garry Owen)

    The Eastman Wind Ensemble

  • @wyrmsbane54 --Garryowen-its one word,its a little town outside Limerick city, in the west of Ireland,where this tune originated,it has words,which would be sang in Irish , also in English.

  • Custer: first man to wear an arrow shirt.

  • this was also the march of the Ulster Defence Regiment in Northern Ireland.

  • @jacko86ni also a Scottish Military march. Ive heard Gary Owen played on Orange walks.

  • @suspectVandal yeah, its playes in Orange walks in Northern Ireland here too, its called something different though, but great tune

  • Custer also left the band behind on the day of the last stand..so he didn't go marching into battle with any music. He was known as "Long Hair" by the native americans... although on his last day on earth he had cut his hair shorter. Many pictures show custer waving a saber in the battle..he left that behind too!

  • Unfortunately Gen Custer was a rather vain officer who was prone to dash right into a fray with little consideration given to enemy strength. At the battle of The Little Big Horn Custers men were armed with single shot Springfield rifles and the Souix had the latest Winchester repeating rifles. the 7th was heavily outnumbered...Custer had access to gatling guns but left them behind thinking he wouldn't need them. bad mistake. Good march though.

  • I can only imagine what it felt like to march in a straight line towards a line of enemy muskets and cannon balls..... I really do respect the soldiers of the pre- napoleon and napoleon era style of fighting.. must of took some pair of balls to march to your death...

  • greatings from Custer an the brave 7th Cav.

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