Thankyou for all of your imput and also for the "welcome back!" I've spent some time on this Little Bighorn Site: Little Big Horn Associates Message Board - Home

and have found out from a number of the historians there that Custer's battle plan was not all that flawed afterall. Such cavalry tactics used against overwhelming odds had worked remarkably well on a number of other occasions against the Plains Indians in years past. Had all of Custer's Officers followed his orders to the letter, Custer and the 7th Cavalry could very well have won the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Some facinating stuff!