Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 27, 2018 22:29:40 GMT
Reno never did anything but throw a skirmish line against the encampment. That immediately told Crazy Horse and Gall that this was a diversion and the main attack (Custer) was coming form another direction. He was in a stupor from having his scout's brains spattered all over him. And he panicked. "All those who wish to make their escape follow me," Benteen waited for the pack train to arrive and then left to Reno's aid without them. He might as well have been in San Francisco. Custer was too rash, Reno and Benteen, too timid. The attack should have been coordinated better but the distances between Custer and Reno were too great.
The 7th Cavalry was split into three parts. And the distance between Custer, Benteen and Reno was too great. Not in a straight line, but there was a ridge you had to go around to get from Custer column (moving away) to Reno's fixed position.
I'm certainly not saying is was a great plan. Custer should have just harassed the Sioux and waited for Terry, Gibbon et al to come up. But there was no glory in that. And his thirst for glory gothim a hole in the ground. Shame he took a lot of poor slobs with him.