I should have added, “and the weakness of his command”. Thank you for the post. The amount of time and energy to researching battles in the West is unlimited. The testimony of Lt. Godfrey is pretty damaging. Forces on Reno Hill definitely did not help Custer. I remember when we walked from the cemetery over to Reno Hill and saw the locations of the riflemen and bunkers on the hill suggested exactly what you’re saying, that they were in a defensive position, but thinking back it is hard to believe that no one was able to get a messenger through considering how close they were to each other. I can’t imagine Custer not being able to order Reno or Benteen to attack the forces either to his flank or between the 2 in a cross fire.