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Not officially, but I do tour visitors around the battlefield when I am there.

Yes, the grass was higher at the time of the battle. Also construction of the road, buidlings, the cemetery, etc, has altered areas of the battlefield.

Thanks for your response. You have produced a monumental work with this. Doctorates have been awarded for lesser achievements. I read the Fox book on the LBH battle several years ago, so I might be mistaken in my attribution - but I seem to remember a discussion around why there appeared - from archaeological evidence - to be an onset of panic in the Custer battalion's skirmish lines and subsequent disintegration of those lines. A prime reason offered was that the troopers' principal armament, a single-shot rifle, was meant to keep the enemy at a distance where their (the Indians) fire from rifles, including repeaters, would be ineffective. However, the long grasses (and possibly the coulee-strewn terrain) permitted the Indians to come close enough in relative safety, that their repeaters & arrows overwhelmed the slower-firing troopers. The panic that developed in the trooper ranks arose when the battle developed at a range much closer than their tactics & weaponry were suited. @@CusterApollo

The firing line was adjusted on the evening of the 26th or perhaps the 27th due to the purification of the dead men and horses. Somewhere there is a map showing the alterations in the line, but I can't seem to find the information. I do believe it was after the Indian camp broke and moved out. There was a delay, as some felt it was a diversion and when the noncombatants were safe the warriors would come back and attempt to storm the defenders.

@@Baskerville22 Can't disagree with you there. The Fox book is my bible when it comes to the Little Bighorn battle.

Through my own research I have only confirmed 34 warriors killed in the battle.

@@CusterApollo Why so few Indian's killed when compared to the number of US Calvary soldiers who died. When you have 300 plus professional soldiers going through most of their ammunition you would have expected a lot more Indian deaths.

@@garychristensen3912 Actually the cavalry did not expend close to their total amount of ammunition. Warriors found saddlebags and belts full of ammunition. Most of the Custer dead died while in flight. Men don't usually fire when running. Far from a unit standing and fighting to the last man and the last bullet. The members of Custer's battalion transitioned from a tactical stable force to disintegration. It also must be noted that men shooting wildly into the air are not going to hit anything, no matter how much they shoot.