Cant remeber where I read it,but it was suggested that Custer was banging either a daughter,or wife,of one of his superiors.
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As for Jane,her scalp would look good on a coup stick

In graduate school we did a study in military history; my research and paper was on “Custer’s Last Stand.” This included extensive research into Custer’s background, military career, and the Indian side of the story.

Your assessment here is terribly flawed. If I understand it, you imply that Custer was a homosexual (don’t have a clue where you came up with that BS), and you assume that the Indian accounts are accurate, when, in fact, Indian accounts are notoriously imprecise. The Indians have an entirely different world view than do we. (I know, I grew up with them. I graduated from HS on a reservation and was the only Wasicu in the class.) For instance, the Indians did not use the same names for terrain features, if they had names for them at all. Every tribe had a different name for the same thing–i.e., Greasy Grass vs Little Big Horn.
In 1983, a wild fire burned off the vegetation on
Custer Battlefield allowing an archelogical team to uncover a wealth of clues to what happened. The research was extensive and revealed a very different picture than the consensus of what “probably happened.” This evidence points to a breakdown in tactical cohesion very early in the fight. And still, the bottom line is that no study of this thoroughly over-studied battle has ever concluded what really happened at the Greasy Grass.

P.S. Probably gonna be a good movie. I just hope Pitt doesn’t get carried away in his role as Custer.

It wasn’t as simple as that. Custer’s decision was based on too many unknowns and a critcal breakdown in communication between him, his officers, and the scouts. True, his over-confidence in his regiment’s fighting qualities played a major role, but he never really had an accurate assessment of the number of Indians he faced until his battalion was actually engaged. By then it was too late. Custer didn’t hang around to see what effect Major Reno’s charge on southern perimeter of the camp would have.

As it happened, Reno’s charge failed almost the moment it began and he and his troops were already retreating and setting up defenses at the top of the bluff when Custer made contact four miles north. With Reno’s troops routed and going into defense, the Indians were able to quickly send warriors north to reinforce against Custer. Apart from the numbers of fighting age warriors, the Indians had the distinct advantage of tight interior lines of communication. In dividing his regiment as he did, Custer’s ability to communicate and/or reinforce was severely hindered. Crazy Horse’s end run pretty much sealed Custer’s fate.

It is true, that had Custer kept the regiment intact and assaulted in force, the outcome may have been different. In any case, I don’t recall the exact figures, the regiment had a significant number of new and untried troopers. Archeological evidence has revealed a definite indication that Custer’s battalion experienced a rapid breakdown in tactical cohesion.