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 …

Sep 12, 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 …

Apr 2, 2014 · George Custer was an American cavalry commander who in 1876 led 210 men to their deaths at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Nov 9, 2009 · George Armstrong Custer was a U.S. military officer and commander who rose to fame as a young officer during the American Civil War. He gained further fame for his post-war …

Aug 21, 2023 · General George Armstrong Custer remains a household name as the man who died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. The legendary massacre, in which Custer and …

George Armstrong Custer was born December 5, 1839 in New Rumley, Ohio. He attended the Military Academy at West Point and graduated last in his class in 1861. During the Civil War, …

Jun 25, 2023 · How General Custer became a hero in American history- and why that perspective is complicated by the Native American experience of his most famous battle.

Custer's widow Libbie Custer soon began to work to burnish her husband's memory, and during the following decades, Custer and his troops came to be widely considered to be heroic …

Oct 21, 2024 · Custer is best known for "Custer's Last Stand" at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876, when he, and his whole command, were wiped out by Cheyenne, Arapaho, and …

Feb 27, 2018 · Under skies darkened by smoke, gunfire and flying arrows, 210 men of the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry Unit led by Lt. Colonel George Custer confronted thousands of Lakota …