George Armstrong Custer
| George Armstrong Custer | |
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| December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876 (aged 36) | |
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| Place of birth | New Rumley, Ohio |
| Place of death | Little Bighorn, Montana |
| Allegiance | United States of America Union |
| Service/branch | United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861–76 |
| Rank | Major General of Volunteers |
| Commands held | Michigan Brigade 3rd Cavalry Division 7th U.S. Cavalry |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
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. At the start of the Civil War, Custer was a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and his class's graduation was accelerated so that they could enter the war. Custer graduated last in his class and served at the First Battle of Bull Run as a staff officer for Major General George B. McClellan in the Army of the Potomac's 1862 Peninsula Campaign. Early in the Gettysburg Campaign, Custer's association with cavalry commander Major General Alfred Pleasonton earned him promotion from First Lieutenant to Brigadier General of United States Volunteers at the age of 23.[1]
[change] Other websites
- Custer Battlefield Museum
- Little Bighorn History Alliance
- Custerwest.org:Site For Traditional Scholarship
- Kenneth M Hammer Collection on Custer and the Battle of the Little Big Horn, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
[change] References
- ↑ "George Armstrong Custer – Little Bighorn Battlefield NM". National Park Service. 2000. http://www.nps.gov/archive/libi/custer.html. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
