Despite being outnumbered, the new General Custer defeated Confederate States Army cavalry of General J. E. B. Stuart 's attack at East Cavalry Field on the crucial third day of the …

Dec 1, 2025 · George Armstrong Custer, U.S. cavalry officer who distinguished himself in the Civil War but led his men to death in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. His image changed over the …

Nov 9, 2009 · In 1876, General Custer and members of several Plains Indian tribes, including Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, battled in eastern Montana in what would become known as …

George Armstrong Custer is better known for his post-bellum exploits rather than his Civil War career. His success, however, in the Union army was due in large part to his dual …

Custer took command on June 29, 1863, and led his brigade immediately into ferocious combat at Gettysburg later that week. After leading a furious charge on July 3, the legend of the young …

Mar 10, 2025 · Few military figures are as controversial as General George Armstrong Custer. From his meteoric rise as a Civil War hero to his infamous last stand at Little Bighorn, Custer’s …

Oct 21, 2024 · Custer was promoted to Major General and took command of the forces that occupied Texas beginning in June 1865. He mustered out of the service in February 1866 and …

George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.

Dec 5, 2014 · Custer was known by his fellow cadets at the U.S. Military Academy as the “dare-devil of the class” who devoted more energy to pranks than to his academic studies.

George Armstrong Custer, born in New Rumley, Ohio, in 1839, rose to fame as the "boy general" of the Civil War and achieved immortality by perishing with his entire command at the hands of …