George Armstrong Custer

George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander who fought in the Civil War and Indian Wars. He was killed with his troops at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.

Battle of the Little Bighorn: An 1876 battle in Montana in which Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho forces defeated Custer’s command. Custer and the soldiers with him were killed during this battle.
Elizabeth Bacon Custer: An American author and the wife of George Armstrong Custer, who wrote memoirs defending his reputation. Her books shaped how later generations remembered Custer and his death.
United States Military Academy: A federal service academy at West Point, New York, that trains officers for the United States Army. Custer graduated from West Point in 1861 and entered the Union Army.
Custer's Last Stand: A popular name for the defeat and death of Custer’s command at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The phrase turned Custer’s final battle into a lasting legend.
Marcus Reno: A United States Army officer who commanded a battalion at the Battle of the Little Bighorn and survived the defeat. Reno’s actions and later testimony became central to disputes over Custer’s decisions.
Battle of Washita River: An 1868 attack by United States cavalry on a Southern Cheyenne village led by Black Kettle in present-day Oklahoma. Custer commanded the cavalry force in this controversial Indian Wars campaign.
Philip Sheridan: A Union general who led cavalry and infantry forces during the Civil War and later commanded the Army in the West. Sheridan was Custer’s wartime commander and later a senior figure in the western campaigns.
American Civil War: A war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865 between the Union and the Confederacy. The war gave Custer rapid advancement and his first major cavalry commands.
Great Sioux War of 1876: A conflict between the United States and Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho peoples over land and federal policy. Little Bighorn was a major battle in the war that framed Custer’s final campaign.
Frederick Benteen: A United States Army cavalry officer who led a battalion during the Battle of the Little Bighorn and survived. Benteen’s separate command and postbattle testimony offer a contrasting view of the campaign.

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