Colonel Custer's mistakes were the Main Reasons for the defeat of the seventh cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn

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Sara Moore

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Colonel Custer’s mistakes were the Main Reasons for the defeat of the seventh cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn

I agree/disagree with this statement because Colonel Custer made many mistakes that could have been avoided if he had overlooked his own status and took advice from others.

        Colonel Custer had defeated smaller Indian tribes before hand and had become big headed and believed he could do it again. Before the voyage the valley of the little bighorn, he was offered 180 extra men to accompany him but he refused these.

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Colonel Custer was not very good at obeying orders. He was told to circle Wolf Mountain to reach the valley of the Little bighorn but instead he went straight over the top. By taking this route he arrived a day before the other troops. In this situation he should have sat still until the other troops but he decided to attack immediately. After travelling all day and all night, the soldiers were very tired and were not on top form. Custer took 600 men against an estimated 4000 including 2000 warriors, after warnings from scouts.

He believed that he was ...

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