The Native American tribes had pet names for George Armstrong Custer. The Crow called him Child of the Morning Star, the Cheyenne labeled him Yellow Hair, but the Lakota Sioux referred to him as Long ...

Before making his last stand in the Battle of Little Bighorn, Gen. George Armstrong Custer was stationed in Alexandria. This is a short way of answering a question posed by Alexandria resident Cynthia ...

DALLAS — A lock of blond hair that experts believe came from Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, the flamboyant officer who perished at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, was sold at auction Saturday ...

Taken in 1876 at Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory, this photo shows three members of Gen. George Armstrong Custer's family dressed to play charades. Custer's sister, Maggie (left), his ...

Mar. 29—The woman behind Gen. George Armstrong Custer spent her life trying to rehabilitate her husband's image because she deeply loved him, said historian Bob Smith, curator of the First Infantry ...

The wrath of President Grant -- Glorious war -- Chasing shadows on the plains -- Death along the Washita -- Battling Sioux in Yellowstone country -- Black Hills, red spirits -- Prelude to war -- First ...

George Armstrong Custer is one of the most misunderstood and controversial figures in American history. His very name brings an immediate reaction. Lt. Col. Custer and his command — a battalion from ...

George Armstrong Custer, shown in an 1859 photograph as a 19-year-old West Point cadet in his summer furlough uniform, and in a later undated photo, will be the subject of a talk by biographer T.J.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In June 1861, George Armstrong Custer graduated last in his West Point class of thirty-four. With the start of the ...

DALLAS — A lock of blond hair that experts believe came from Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, the flamboyant officer who perished at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, was sold at auction Saturday ...