George Armstrong Custer

George Armstrong Custer (5 December 1839 - 25 June 1876) was an American cavalry commander in the Civil War and the Indian Wars who is best remembered for his defeat and death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn against a coalition of Native American tribes, led by Sitting Bull.

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  Custer ca 1859, when he was a cadet at West Point

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  Second Lieutenant George Custer with former West Point friend Lt. James B. Washington, at Fair Oaks, 1862, Library of Congress

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  Lt. Washington, a Confederate prisoner, and Lt. Custer, 1862

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  Capt. George A. Custer and Gen. Alfred Pleasonton on horseback, Virginia, 1862

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  Lt. George A. Custer with dog, 1862

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  Custer (left) with two other lieutenants, Virginia, 1862

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  The staff of Gen. Fitz-John Porter: Lts. William G. Jones and George A. Custer reclining

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  The Custers, Autie and Libbie

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  Brigadier General George Custer during his honeymoon, 1864

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  Brigadier General George Custer, USV, in velvet uniform, ca 1864

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  Brevet Major General George A. Custer, USA, in service dress uniform, 1865

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  Brevet Major General George A. Custer, USA, seated, in field uniform, 1865

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  engraving from 1865 photo portrait

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  Brevet Major General George Custer, USA, full length, standing, in field uniform, 1865

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  Custer family in the 1870 US Census

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  Custer in January 1872 in buckskins & red kerchief

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  "Our First Grizzly, killed by Gen. Custer and Col. Ludlow.", 1874

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  A hunting and camping party of Custer (standing in center) and guests

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  Lieutenant Colonel Custer, 1873, engraving from photo portrait

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  Lieutenant Colonel Custer, ca. 1875-76, in civilian clothes

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  Lieutenant Colonel Custer, 1876, engraving from photo portrait

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  Gen.Edward Settle Godfrey and White Man Runs Him (50th anniversary Battle of Little Big Horn)