What if Custer had put Benteen in charge of Reno's Battalion and send Reno on the scouting expedition to the left? Benteen was one tough soldier who was a dynamic, gifted leader, imbued with a killer's instinct. In spite of his intense hatred for Custer, he would have carried out Custer's orders to the letter, come hell, highwater or Indian resistance.
Would Benteen had charged the Indian village and scattered their ponies? Could he had the massive pony herd geting stampeded, leaving the overwhelming majority of warriors to fight on foot?
Or would he had ended up slaughtered by the Indian counter-attack?
Would Benteen had charged the Indian village and scattered their ponies? Could he had the massive pony herd geting stampeded, leaving the overwhelming majority of warriors to fight on foot?
Or would he had ended up slaughtered by the Indian counter-attack?