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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
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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Custer’s Early Years

George Armstrong Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, on December 5, 1839. Custer was part of a large extended family, and spent part of his youth in Michigan, with a half-sister and her husband, and would consider the state his adopted home.

He attended Michigan schools and taught for a short period. Despite his humble background and youthful indiscretions, a Michigan Congressman secured Custer a place at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point when he was 18.

Custer arrived in 1857. While intelligent and talented, he dismissed the Academy’s disciplinary system and was a lazy student. He was nearly expelled several times. He racked up 726 demerits in just four years – one of the highest amounts in West Point history – and graduated last in his class, a position commonly known as the “goat.”

Despite his unimpressive record, the U.S. Army desperately needed officers to serve in the newly-begun Civil War. He was commissioned a second lieutenant and based in Washington, D.C.

‘Boy General’ of the Civil War

Custer got his first taste of war mere weeks after

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George Armstrong Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio on December 5, 1839. Custer entered West Point in the fall of 1857. He graduated last in a class of 34 in June of 1861. Custer was present at the first battle of Bull Run in July 1861. Initially Custer was assigned staff duty with the Army of the Potomac. He soon distinguished himself as a man quick to volunteer and easily relied upon.

In November of 1862, Custer was introduced to Elizabeth "Libbie" Bacon, the daughter of a judge. Libbie's father, Judge Daniel Bacon, did not approve of his daughter courting someone beneath her station. Nevertheless, the two soon began to court writing letters to one another frequently.

In the two years since the war had begun, Custer had been promoted several times to the rank of Brigadier General of Volunteers, and put in command of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. Libbie's father began to cool his objections to the young couple and in February 1864, the two were married in Monroe, Michigan.

By war's end in 1865, Custer commanded an entire Cavalry Division, holding the rank of Major General. C