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1. We caught em’ nappin’ boys! Big village, come quick, bring packs. ps: bring packs.

2. Do not forget the failure of Custer’s officers to perform as ordered. Custer expected reinforcements and a pincer movement to use his troops to full advantage. His second in command disobeyed and the massacre was the result.

3. Don’t forget that Custers’ men were armed with single shot [Trapdoor Springfield] carbines and the Sioux were armed with repeating, magazine fed, Winchesters. Or that Custer was also out numbered about 8 or 9 to one. Or that about a quarter of Custers’ men were non-English speaking new immigrants. Custers’ so called pincer movement lacked even the strength to keep an offensive posture, faced with too many hostiles. Custer got himself into one scrape after another during the War Between the States, and got out of them, too. At Little Big Horn, he got into one he could not get out of, and died. John Mosby was a better leader of cavalry.

   1. Maybe, but because of the lack of integrity by his officer we will never know. Some historians agree with you on Custer and others think he was a great Army officer. It appears that Custer was not liked by some and the living get to (re)write history. Was Custer right or wrong in what he did? We cannot know because of the failure of his officer(s) to follow commands.

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