“The Command and General Staff College have been conducting staff rides of the Custer Battlefield for years. I participated in the first one, consisting of senior officers and the late Congressman Ike Skelton...Before setting out that morning, most of us agreed with your assessment. Interestingly, when the staff ride had been completed, most had revised our conclusions...remember that the enemy gets a vote...” [centurion316, post 26]
Covering that ground with Ike Skelton must have been a real treat. One of the better Congressional Reps and a strong advocate for the military.
I recall reading someplace that Army War College did something similar: a sand table exercise, with names, dates & locations sanitized. Supposedly, students started out with the same notions you & fellow riders did, but ended up making pretty much the same decisions as did George Custer and fellow officers that day in June 1876.
I am not aware of the War College doing a Custer Battlefield Staff Ride. What you describe is the standard format for all staff rides done by CGSC and the War College. Custer Staff Rides have been done on horseback, an option added by I Corps at Lewis McChord Joint Base.