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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 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>
''' 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]].
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]].