This Day in History: Was Custer Outgunned at Little Big Horn?

The anniversary of Little Bighorn: “Custer may have contributed to the situation by declining to include Gatling guns in his van. Because he was setting off on what amounted to a search-and-destroy mission, he argued that the Gatlings were too cumbersome and would only slow him down.” Off they rode in the friscalating dusklight.