You made it clear but I disagree with you on the color.

Custer was no yellow-haired Paladin. I stand by my statement from an earlier post. President Grant’s papers states his displeasure with Custer.
The field reports sent to Gen. Sherman & Gen. Sheridon are not favorable, although Sheridan did stand up for him with President Grant just before the 7th was to engage the Indians.

Were did Bruce R. Liddic and Paul Harbaugh get the quote? Do they list reference notes in the book?

I also question their statement on the “Stars & Stripes” not carried at Little Big Horn. The Cavalry was not authorized to carry the Stars & Stripes flag until 1887. At this time period the Stars & Stripes Guidon was their National Colors. I quoted the G.O. No. in an earlier post. That G. O. also change the field color of the Cavalry Standard to yellow.

The Captain Godfrey does not mention the color of the Standard in any article that I have read, so I can’t accept that either without seeing Hardoff source. Does he have source notes in the book?

Heres a clip of an article from The Century Illustrated Magazine dated 1982, that states that Custer carried two flags, The Regimental Standard of the 7th Cavalry and His personal or HQ flag. This flag is patterned after those of the Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi CW. He replaced that with a white over red guidon at the close of the war. Also on this web page is a article by Sergt. Frank Berwald, in he states that the Indians waved the captured guidons as the fight was closing.

http://www.piedmontflag.com/backdoor/backdoor-Custer.html

Paxson’s painting is imaginary at best, I’ve seen the original.

Custer’s HQ flag does not have the 7 or U.S. on it, see link above, another boo boo by Paxson.

Happy Trails!
Tom Martin