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{{Infobox person
| name=George Armstrong Custer
| image=George Armstrong Custer.jpg
| birth_date=December 5, 1839
| death_date=June 25, 1876 (aged 36)
| birth_place=New Rumley, [[Ohio]].
| death_place=Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in [[Montana]]
| resting_place=The battlefield, later reinterred at West Point Cemetery in West Point [New York]]
| nickname=Yellow Hair
| allegiance=Union Army
branch= [[United States Army]]
| serviceyears=1861–1876
| rank=[[Lieutenant Colonel]]<br> promoted to [[Major General]]
| commands-[[Michigan]] Cavalry Brigade<br>3rd Cavalry Division<br>2nd Cavalry Division<br>7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment
| battles=[[American Civil War]], including:<br>
First Battle of Bull Run]]<br>
Peninsular Campaign<br>
[[Battle of Antietam]]<br>
[[Battle of Chancellorsville]]<br>
[[Battle of Gettysburg]]<br>
Overland Campaign<br>
Battle of the Wilderness<br>
Battle of Yellow Tavern<br>
Battle of Trevilian Station<br>
Valley Campaigns of 1864<br>
Battle of Guard Hill<br>
Third Battle of Winchester<br>
Battle of Cedar Creek<br>
Battle of Tom's Brook<br>
Siege of Petersburg<br>
[[Appomattox]] Campaign]<br>
[[American Indian]] Wars
Battle of Washita River<br>
[Custer's Last Stand|Battle of the Little Bighorn]]
| spouse=Elizabeth Bacon Custer (married 1864-1876, his death)
|party==Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|religion=[[Protestant]]
}}
''' George Armstrong Custer''' (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a [[United States Army]] officer and [[cavalry]] commander in the [[American Civil War]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Armstrong-Custer|title=George Armstrong Custer {{!}} Biography, Battles, Death, & Facts|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> and the [[American Indian]] Wars in the western portion of the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.historynet.com/george-armstrong-custer-changing-views-of-an-american-legend.htm|title=George Armstrong Custer: Changing Views of an American Legend|author=Louis Kraft|date=September 1, 2006|publisher=HistoryNet|accessdate=February 6, 2020}}</ref>
Custer graduated in 1861 at the bottom of his class from the [[United States Military Academy]] at West Point, [[New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.historynet.com/west-points-worst-cadet-george-armstrong-custer.htm|title=West Point's Worst Cadet: George Armstrong Custer|author=Duane Schultz|date=February 6, 2020}}</ref> As the Civil War was just starting, trained officers were in immediate demand. He worked closely with General [[George B. McClellan]], his fellow partisan [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] who recognized Custer's abilities as a cavalry leader. At the age of twenty-three, he was made brigadier general of volunteers. He fought in at least sixteen Civil War battles and was present at the surrender of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[General]] [[Robert E. Lee]].
Sent into the Indian Wars thereafter, he met an early demise at the age of thirty-six at the [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]] in southern [[Montana]]. All of his regiment died in the fight against the Sioux. Custer was buried with his falle men on the site of the battlefield. However, Custer's corpse was later re-interred at West Point.
One of his scouts, [[James H. "Dog" Kelley]], took care of Custer's of dogs. As a parting gift from the Army, Custer gave Kelley, later a [[mayor]] of Dodge City, a dozen greyhounds. Hence Kelley acquired his nickname, "Dog."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37681654/james-h.-kelley|title=James H. "Dog" Kelley|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=April 3, 2021}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Custer, George Armstrong]]
[[Category:Ohio]]
[[Category:Montana]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:American Civil War]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Protestants]]
| name=George Armstrong Custer
| image=George Armstrong Custer.jpg
| birth_date=December 5, 1839
| death_date=June 25, 1876 (aged 36)
| birth_place=New Rumley, [[Ohio]].
| death_place=Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in [[Montana]]
| resting_place=The battlefield, later reinterred at West Point Cemetery in West Point [New York]]
| nickname=Yellow Hair
| allegiance=Union Army
branch= [[United States Army]]
| serviceyears=1861–1876
| rank=[[Lieutenant Colonel]]<br> promoted to [[Major General]]
| commands-[[Michigan]] Cavalry Brigade<br>3rd Cavalry Division<br>2nd Cavalry Division<br>7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment
| battles=[[American Civil War]], including:<br>
First Battle of Bull Run]]<br>
Peninsular Campaign<br>
[[Battle of Antietam]]<br>
[[Battle of Chancellorsville]]<br>
[[Battle of Gettysburg]]<br>
Overland Campaign<br>
Battle of the Wilderness<br>
Battle of Yellow Tavern<br>
Battle of Trevilian Station<br>
Valley Campaigns of 1864<br>
Battle of Guard Hill<br>
Third Battle of Winchester<br>
Battle of Cedar Creek<br>
Battle of Tom's Brook<br>
Siege of Petersburg<br>
[[Appomattox]] Campaign]<br>
[[American Indian]] Wars
Battle of Washita River<br>
[Custer's Last Stand|Battle of the Little Bighorn]]
| spouse=Elizabeth Bacon Custer (married 1864-1876, his death)
|party==Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|religion=[[Protestant]]
}}
''' George Armstrong Custer''' (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a [[United States Army]] officer and [[cavalry]] commander in the [[American Civil War]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Armstrong-Custer|title=George Armstrong Custer {{!}} Biography, Battles, Death, & Facts|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> and the [[American Indian]] Wars in the western portion of the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.historynet.com/george-armstrong-custer-changing-views-of-an-american-legend.htm|title=George Armstrong Custer: Changing Views of an American Legend|author=Louis Kraft|date=September 1, 2006|publisher=HistoryNet|accessdate=February 6, 2020}}</ref>
Custer graduated in 1861 at the bottom of his class from the [[United States Military Academy]] at West Point, [[New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.historynet.com/west-points-worst-cadet-george-armstrong-custer.htm|title=West Point's Worst Cadet: George Armstrong Custer|author=Duane Schultz|date=February 6, 2020}}</ref> As the Civil War was just starting, trained officers were in immediate demand. He worked closely with General [[George B. McClellan]], his fellow partisan [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] who recognized Custer's abilities as a cavalry leader. At the age of twenty-three, he was made brigadier general of volunteers. He fought in at least sixteen Civil War battles and was present at the surrender of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[General]] [[Robert E. Lee]].
Sent into the Indian Wars thereafter, he met an early demise at the age of thirty-six at the [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]] in southern [[Montana]]. All of his regiment died in the fight against the Sioux. Custer was buried with his falle men on the site of the battlefield. However, Custer's corpse was later re-interred at West Point.
One of his scouts, [[James H. "Dog" Kelley]], took care of Custer's of dogs. As a parting gift from the Army, Custer gave Kelley, later a [[mayor]] of Dodge City, a dozen greyhounds. Hence Kelley acquired his nickname, "Dog."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37681654/james-h.-kelley|title=James H. "Dog" Kelley|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=April 3, 2021}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Custer, George Armstrong]]
[[Category:Ohio]]
[[Category:Montana]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:American Civil War]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Protestants]]