I’ve read several books about that fight and not one author was generous to Custer…Crook was supposed to cut off any retreat to the north, he withdrew from the field after his Powder River fight, but Custer did not know that…as soon as he himself saw the Indian encampment he should have pulled back, but he had never once been defeated in the field…he pressed on and the rest is history…he fucked up bigtime…his confidence was his demise

The problem was that Custer was told by his brother Capt Tom Custer that the Indians had spotted the 7th Cavalry. His orignal plan was to reconnoiter the village on the 25th and attack on the 26th. However he felt that once he was discovered that the village would scatter so he ahd to attack. Like I said he made all the right moves based on what he knew but what he knew was incomplete. his famous “luck ” ran out. Custer was also poorly served by both Major Reno and Captain Benteen. Capt Fred Benteen was supposed to come and join him and to bring the extra ammunition. Instead Benteen joined up with Reno on the hill (now called Reno Hill) and never made more then a half hearted effort to come to his aid. You can speculate if you like if he would have been wiped out too or saved the day. Who knows?