To charge disobedience is to say that he wilfully and with a wrong motive and intent did that which his own military judgment forbade; for it was his own military judgment, right or wrong, that was to govern his own actions under the terms of that order. The quality of his judgment does not touch the question of obedience. If he disobeyed that order, it was by going contrary to his own judgment. That was the only way he could disobey it. If men differ as to whether he did that, they will differ. Respectfully yours, JACOB L. GREENE. VI. To sum up, I suggest this as a possible line of investigations by which the student may determine the question for himself: First. Were Terry’s written orders definite and explicit? Second. Were they intelligent orders capable of execution? Third. Did these orders admit of more than one meaning? Fourth. What are the various meanings, if more than one? Fifth. Did Custer carry them out in any of their meanings? Sixth. Did Custer depart from them? Seventh. If so, how far? Eighth. Such being the case, was he justified in so departing by the exigencies of the situation? Ninth. Were the consequences of such a departure serious? Tenth. Did Custer receive verbal orders from Terry at the last moment? Eleventh. If so, when? Twelfth. Did these verbal orders supersede the written orders? In closing, I repeat that I should be glad to be convinced that I have erred in my conclusions; and that if any one can convince me that Custer did not disobey, or that in doing so he was justified in his disobedience, I shall make the fullest public amends for my expression of opinion that he did and that he was not.[135] If this Appendix shall cause any light to be thrown on the affidavit so often referred to, it will serve an excellent purpose; for, I say again, I shall consider the establishment of that affidavit as settling the question. The subject is now left with the student. Perhaps I cannot more fitly close the discussion than by this quotation from the confidential report of General Terry by General Sheridan, dated July 2, 1875: “I do not tell you this to cast any reflection on Custer, for whatever errors he may have committed he has paid the penalty, and you cannot regret his loss more than I do; but I felt that our plan must have been successful had it been carried out, and I desire you to know the facts.” ----- Footnote 112: All notes in this appendix are signed by the initials of their writers to identify them.—C. T. B. Footnote 113: Such as Congressman Finerty’s graphic account in his book, “War-path and Bivouac;” Dr. Charles S. Eastman’s paper in the _Chautauqua Magazine_, Vol. XXXI., No. 4, 1900; and Mr. Hamlin Garland’s report of Two Moon’s account of the battle in _McClure’s Magazine_, Vol. XI., No. 5, September, 1898.—C. T. B.