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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, Custer rose rapidly through the ranks, participating in many battles in the Eastern Theatre. At the age of 23 year he was promoted to Brigadier General, thus making him the youngest general at that time.
After the Civil War, Custer spent military duties in the south before being appointed a lieutenant colonel in charge of the newly formed 7th US Cavalry. Custer was assigned postings in Kansas, and his 7th US Cavalry participated in the ill-fated Hancock expedition in the spring of 1867, looking for Cheyenne and Lakota warriors. During the summer of that year, his regiment faced problems with desertion and Custer - ever the disciplinarian, used harsh measures. During one instance, he gave the order to shoot down deserters, and initially refused to give the survivors medical treatment. For Custer, the second major event that summer was when he left his assigned post without orders - by all accounts to b
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George Armstrong Custer
United States cavalry commander (1839–1876)
"Custer" redirects here. For other uses, see Custer (disambiguation).
George Armstrong Custer | |
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Custer c. 1860-1869 | |
| Born | (1839-12-05)December 5, 1839 New Rumley, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | June 25, 1876(1876-06-25) (aged 36) Little Bighorn, Montana Territory, U.S. |
| Buried | Initially on the Little Bighorn battlefield; later reinterred in West Point Cemetery, (West Point, New York) |
| Allegiance | United States Union |
| Service / branch | United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1876 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel, U.S.A. Major General, U.S.V. |
| Commands | Michigan Cavalry Brigade 3rd Cavalry Division 2nd Cavalry Division 7th Cavalry Regiment |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | See below |
| Alma mater | United States Military Academy |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Relations | Thomas Custer, brother Boston Custer, brother James Calhoun, brother-in-law |
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George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American
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George Armstrong Custer was born in the Mid-Western State of Ohio on the 5th December 1839 at New Rumley, one of the many settlements spread across the Continent.
Custer's great-uncle Jacob founded New Rumley in 1812, the Custers were Farmers of German stock who had settled in Pennsylvania, and then to Maryland where George's Father Emanuel was born in 1806 and moved to New Rumley when Emanuel was a young man.
George's Father, by all accounts, was a good-humoured jovial man of large proportions. A staunch Democrat, he prided himself on being self-sufficient. A firm Methodist with strong views on the evils of liquor, tobacco and gambling. He had even helped to found the Methodist Church there. In 1828 Emanuel married the first of his wives but who died six years later (1834) having bore him three Children. In 1837 he married Maria Ward Kilpatrick, a Widow with children of her own living in New Rumley.
The first two children she bore him died in infancy, George the third child was obviously of sterner stuff and his father doted on him taking him, when he was four years old to
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