Custer's Last Man: I Survived Little Big Horn

First of all, not one of the negative reviews addresses any of the evidence presented in the documentary, and the evidence is considerable. I think this documentary is credible and well documented.As far as I can tell, Joseph Kelly and I agree on most aspects of Custer's Last Stand, but I think he is being far too dismissive of the evidence that Frank Finkel's story is true. I might add that Custer scholars such as Dr. Louise Barnett, Jeffry Wert, and Greg Lalire believe that Frank Finkel was the lone Custer survivor.As for the handful of accounts that claim that Finkel's body was found on the battlefield, Finkel's best friend, Charles Windolph, could not find Finkel's body even though he expressly looked for it. So a couple of accounts that Finkel's body was found do not prove it was really found. The fact that Finkel's best friend couldn't find his body after specifically looking for it suggests that the handful of later claims that it was identified are certainly open to question.The documentary presents evidence that Frank Finkel provided specific details about the area around the Little Big Horn that only a survivor could have known. This is just one of many evidences of Finkel's story.John Koster's book Custer Suvivor presents even more evidence that Frank Finkel was August Finkle of the 7th Cavalry.

My Great Uncle was the Real lone survivor of Custer's Last Stand. My family has it documented. My name is William Heath and that was the name of the lone survivor. Actually there may have been more but my Uncle, a farrier was wounded, and escaped.

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Fabulous production by the history channel about custers last stand. And the debate about the survivors from it.

As a big fan of the Indian Wars, I especially liked this movie. I think there might have been 1-2 more army survivors of the battle. The current numbers given out do not match the historical record.

Great documentary, very well done!

I liked this a lot. Very interesting.

Sgt Finckle died with his company at LBH. Part of the battlefield is called Finley Finckle Ridge. Its where the bodies of the 2 sergeants were found. 4 men identified Sgt Finckle( one a Medal Of Honor winner) and a new diary has been discovered where Sgt Allcot a friend of Finckles also identified his body and he has a photo of the brave Sergeant not the Ohio fake who people still make make money off of. Shame to destroy a brave NCO's honor to make a buck. Then again the History Channel is all about swamp people, loggers ,killing gators.Its a joke Ice road truckers are not history so its good the fairy tale was on the History channel.