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I quote him: "Too far off to exchange verbal 'adieu,'
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even if military discipline had permitted it,
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they caught sight of me as step by step
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I reluctantly paid the penalty of offended regulations"
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that's why he's doing this guard duty
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"And raised their hats in token farewell, to which,
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first casting my eyes about to see
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that no watchful superior was in view,
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I responded by bringing my musket to a present."
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Custer would later be proud of
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how many southerners he had killed.
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Now, the next whole section of this course