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#41378. robboy
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George A. Custer had several nicknames, but which was not-so-secretly given him by his disgruntled post Civil War cavalry troops?
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Hamlet.
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!@#$%^&*
Nov 21 03, 10:52 AM
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mibmob
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Autie and cinnamon curly long hair yellow hair chief of the thieves. Actually I don't know.
Nov 21 03, 10:52 AM
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mibs
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The only thing I could find was that the Indians called him "yellow hair"...
Nov 21 03, 10:56 AM
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mibmob
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Hey you - this town ain't big enough for two mibs!
Nov 21 03, 10:58 AM
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Stew54
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Autie was a family nickname I think. I hadn't heard of cinnamon. Longhair/Yellowhair sound plausible, though I suspected they might just be Hollywood redskins' nicknames.
He was called "Fanny" at West Point; is that it?
Nov 21 03, 11:02 AM
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robboy
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Stew54 is pretty close with "Fanny",and the other nicknames are all true (including !@#$%^&), but his trail weary and hard ridden troops called him "Iron Butt" because he took pleasure in his ability to ride for hours and hours before resting. A "quick" 12 hour scouting ride was not uncommon for George.
Nov 21 03, 9:55 PM
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