Mar 10, 2025 · Custer’s image became deeply embedded in American folklore through dime novels, paintings, and Wild West shows. His golden-haired, fearless persona symbolized …

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.

The man who started it all was a career soldier named George Armstrong Custer. Custer had already gained a reputation for getting into trouble. He graduated from West Point last in his …

Jun 25, 2024 · George Armstrong Custer is one of American history’s most controversial and enigmatic figures. His life, filled with dramatic highs and lows, left an indelible mark on the …

George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars.

Nov 25, 2025 · Battle of the Little Bighorn, battle at the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory on June 25, 1876, between U.S. federal troops led by Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer …

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 …

Feb 2, 2018 · With Terry rode the entire 7th Cavalry Regiment under command of its lieutenant colonel, Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer. The personality of this flamboyant …

The Custer Battlefield has been named after Brevet Major General Custer, the commander of the Seventh Cavalry, who, with more than 225 of his troopers, lost his life on this battlefield.

Jan 12, 2024 · Custer commanded a cavalry division in 1862 and early 1863, taking part in the Battles of Brandy Station and Aldie. On June 29, 1863, the War Department promoted Custer …