Post by The Herald Erjen on Dec 27, 2018 22:41:14 GMT
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.