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George Armstrong Custer

1839–1876 · 19th century

George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer who rose to fame as a cavalry commander in the American Civil War. After the war he led the 7th Cavalry on the Great Plains, and his expedition of 1874 confirmed the presence of gold in the Black Hills. He and over 260 of his men were killed by Lakota and Cheyenne warriors at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876.

George Armstrong Custer
Image: Photographer is Mathew Brady (died 1896) and his field staff · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). George Armstrong Custer. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/george-armstrong-custer
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