system, the composition of the brass shell casings, the cleaning of the weapon, and proper individual training and military tactics. In U.S. military publications such as the Journal of the Military Service Institution and the United Service, Army officers attempted to address these questions and problems. One suggested reason for the high expenditure of ammunition and the low enemy casualty rate was when Army Scout Bat Pourier reported to Gen. Crook that "he had watched men leave great numbers of cartridges on the ground. Infantrymen on the initial skirmish line would lie down or kneel and fire and in doing so would draw handfuls of cartridges from their belts and place them on the ground beside them, handy for use." When the men moved to another position, forward or otherwise, they sometimes left a pile of ammunition where they had laid it. Historic site The battle site is preserved at the Rosebud Battlefield State Park in Big Horn County, Montana. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and was further designated a National Historic Landmark in 2008. Order of battle United States Department of the Platte – Brigadier General George Crook 2nd United States Cavalry Regiment. Companies A, B, D, E, and I 3rd United States Cavalry Regiment. Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, L, and M 4th United States Infantry Regiment. Companies D and F 9th United States Infantry Regiment. Companies C, G, and H Crow Scouts Shoshoni Scouts Civilians Sioux and Cheyenne Crazy Horse Lakota (Sioux), Oglala (Scatters Their Own), Hunkpapa (Camps by the Horn), Itazipco (They have no bows) or (Sans Arc), Sihasapa (Black Feet band of Lakota), Minicoujou or Miniconjou (Plants by the water), Oohenumpa (Two Kettles), Sicangu (Burnt Thighs) or (Brulé) Dakota (Santee Sioux). Northern Cheyenne Northern Arapaho See also List of battles won by Indigenous peoples of the Americas The Other Magpie Battle of the Little Bighorn References Bibliography Dillon, Richard H. (1983). North American Indian Wars. Finerty, John F., War-path and Bivouac: or, the Conquest of the Sioux: a first-hand account by a Chicago newspaper reporter accompanying the Crook expedition and present at the Rosebud External links Crook's report of Rosebud Battle Battle of the Rosebud: Crook's Counterattack, 0830-1000 Battle of Rosebud 1876: Crazy Horse vs Gen. Crook Part 1 Part 2 1876 in the United States Battles of the Great Sioux War of