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	George Armstrong Custer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806-1892), a farmer and flsmith, and Maria Ward Kirkpatrick (1807-1882).
		Custer knew he was outnumbered, though he did not know by how much (probably something on the order of 3 to 1), but despite that knowledge he split his forces in three parts: one led by Major Marcus Reno, one by Captain Frederick Benteen, and one by himself.
		Custer would be called today a "media personality" who understood the value of good public relations—he frequently invited correspondents to accompany him on his campaigns, and their favorable reportage contributed to his high reputation that lasted well into the 20th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer (4062 words)

	© THE OFFICIAL SITE OF; George Custer © Home Page ® Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		George Custer was raised amongst the backdrop of the hills in Southeastern Ohio, George grew up with ambitions far reaching the stretches of middle America unto the plains of the western frontier.
		Eldest son of George and Maria Custer, Custer was doted on by older half siblings and nurtured on the stories of the Revolution and War of 1812.
		George Custer and lieutenant George was born in New Rumley Ohio in 1839.
	www.memberbbb.com /custermain.html (238 words)

	George A. Custer
		General Winfield Scott gave him dispatches to carry to General Irwin McDowell, then in command of the Army of the Potomac, he was assigned to duty as lieutenant in the 5th cavalry, and participated, on the day of his arrival at tile front, in the first battle of Bull Run.
		Custer applied at once for permission to attack the picket-post he had just discovered, and at daylight the next morning surprised the enemy, drove them back, capturing some prisoners and the first colors that were taken by the Army of the Potomac.
		Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, in 1839.
	georgearmstrongcuster.com (2714 words)

	PBS - THE WEST - George Armstrong Custer
		In July of 1866 Custer was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Seventh Cavalry.
		Custer was sent to the Northern Plains in 1873, where he soon participated in a few small skirmishes with the Lakota in the Yellowstone area.
		Custer, however, advanced much more quickly than he had been ordered to do, and neared what he thought was a large Indian village on the morning of June 25, 1876.
	www.pbs.org /weta/thewest/people/a_c/custer.htm (818 words)

	GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER, USA
		George Armstrong Custer was born on December 5, 1839, in Harrison County, Ohio.
		Custer was easily recognized by his blond curly hair, red necktie and lavish, self-designed uniform.
		Custer was one of the first Union officers to observe combat from a balloon.
	www.multied.com /Bio/UGENS/USACuster.html (368 words)

	"George Custer" ® "George Armstrong Custer" © General Custer ® the life of "George Custer" © General ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		George Custer was born in New Rumley Ohio just outside of Wheeling,Va. Living between there and Monroe Michigan to gain a better education, George Custer grew up with ambitions far reaching the stretches of middle America to the great Civil War.
		Custer was not a defender of Indian rights as he is portrayed in the film; nor did he sacrifice his troops at the Little Big Horn to save General Terry’s column; nor was he the enemy of the railroad tycoons, but actually protected the extension of the railroads through the Black Hills.
		Nevin Custer,"Nev", a brother of George, was not in the military and was a farmer.
	www.memberbbb.com /custer.html (5589 words)

	George Custer
		Custer participated in General Winfield Scott Hancock's actions against the Cheyenne Indians, and he dealt a stunning defeat to them at the battle of Washita river on the November 27, 1868.
		Custer's force arrived on the night of June 24, and was anticipating the arrival of the main body of Terry's command on June 26th.
		George A. Custer and 264 men of the center column rode into the midst of the Sioux warriors, led by Sitting Bull, and were slaughtered to the last man. This great battle, the Battle of Little Big Horn is popularly known as "Custer's Last Stand".
	www.sonofthesouth.net /union-generals/custer/george-custer.htm (645 words)

	General George Armstrong Custer - Civil War years
		George Armstrong Custer was born on December 5, 1839, in New Rumley, Ohio, and educated at the United States Military Academy.
		By June 1863, he was in command of a cavalry brigade, with the rank of brigadier general of volunteers.
		Custer's application was denied; he became lieutenant colonel of the 7th Cavalry Regiment and was assigned to Kansas to engage in the wars against the Native Americans.
	www.americanrevwar.homestead.com /files/civwar/custer.html (390 words)

	Tony Austin writes stories of the Boy General, George A. Custer
		Custer and his men were no strangers to rattlesnakes, as they were viewed as one more occupational hazard on a dangerous frontier.
		General Custer was a superb horseman having gained his love of horses from his father Emanuel who was the flsmith for the township of New Rumley, Ohio.
		Custer's rise through the ranks was meteoric as he was always to be found where the fighting was the most fierce.
	www.custerslaststand.org /source/custerstory.htm (1326 words)

	Mini Biographies of Scots and Scots Descendants - General George Armstrong Custer
		Custer and more than 200 officers and men of the 7th US Cavalry died at the hands of an overwhelming force of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne Indians.
		Although searches of Custer archives have failed to uncover the letter, Mr Russell has identified the author as John Cursiter, who was born in Kirkwall on 7 June 1819.
		This prompted them to move west and one of the brothers is believed to be the ancestor of General Custer, who was born in December 1839 in Ohio.
	www.electricscotland.com /WEBCLANS/minibios/c/custer_general.htm (641 words)

	"General George Armstrong Custer"
		General George A. Custer and the Seventh Cavalry at the
		General Custer split his command into three battalions.
		the Seventh Cavalry and General George Armstrong Custer
	members.tripod.com /~vet5/custer/custer.html (404 words)

	Major General George Armstrong Custer Commander (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		George Armstrong Custer graduated last in the Class of 1861 of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
		George Armstrong Custer was made a brevet brigadier general over a Michigan volunteer cavalry brigade.
		During General Grant's drive to Richmond, General Custer's cavalry encountered the Confederate cavalry at the Battle of Yellow Tavern, and Confederate General J. Stuart was killed.
	www.civilwarfamilyhistory.com /new_page_127.htm (415 words)

	Colonel Custer, Cavalry, 7th Cavalry, Battle Little Big Horn - Historical Guns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Custer, now a lieutenant colonel in command of one column of a projected two-pronged attack under the command of General Alfred Terry, arrived near the Little Bighorn on the night of June 24, 1876.
		Custer was part of a campaign being led by Major General Alfred H. Terry to force Sioux and Cheyenne Indians back onto lands ceded to them in an 1868 Treaty.
		Custer was ordered not to use the trail discovered by Reno to avoid forewarning the Indians of their presence, otherwise he was given freedom to act as he deemed appropriate.
	www.historicalguns.com /history.asp (1317 words)

	Cool Things, Custer's Boots, Kansas State Historical Society
		Custer "traversed a great deal of the Western frontier," she wrote in a letter preserved in the Kansas State Historical Society's collections.
		Custer borrowed her husband's dry underclothes to wear beneath a wet dress and donned a pair of cavalry boots.
		Elizabeth Custer was not the only female camp follower with the Seventh Cavalry, but she claimed to be the most faithful.
	www.kshs.org /cool2/coolboot.htm (797 words)

	General George Armstrong Custer Myths and Facts
		Custer's defeat and death at the Little Bighorn made the life of what would have been an obscure 19th century military figure into the subject of countless songs, books, and paintings.
		Forgotten is the fact that Custer started the battle by attacking the Indian village and that most of the Indians present were forced to surrender within a year of their greatest battlefield triumph.
		Custer and the other Generals repeatedly ignored warning from their scouts of large groups of Indians converging in the Little Bighorn area.
	www.jalapenocafe.com /portfolio/fame_fortune/things.html (397 words)

	George Armstrong Custer - Little Bighorn Battlefield NM
		Appointed Brigadier General of Volunteer Forces at age 23 during the Civil War, he is most often remembered for his "last stand" at Little Bighorn.
		Custer, as he appeared at the Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876, was described by the last white people to see him alive as "prematurely bald at age 36." His famous blond locks had been cropped short (one reason why he may not have been scalped).
		Custer wore his trademark red silk cravat, which was also worn by most of the officers and men in imitation of their commander.
	www.nps.gov /libi/custer.html (640 words)

	Gen. George Custer
		Since Dave Higginbotham is somewhat of an historian and is particularly interested in George Armstrong Custer's use of a Remington Rolling Block at Little Big Horn, he thought you might be interested in a history of the weapons used by the troops and the Indians.
		Custer had even requested that his wife, Elizabeth, who often rode with the cavalry, should be shot by an officer rather than chance being taken by the Indians.
		Custer probably never realized that his men's very survival was on the line, at least not until it was too late to remedy the situation.
	www.lonestarrifle.com /Custer.html (3733 words)

	George A. Custer and the Battle of the Little Big Horn
		George Armstrong Custer was elevated to the rank of General by a battlefied commission during the Civil War.
		General Sheridan to lead the campaign against the Southern Cheyenne in Oklahoma Territory.
		Column of cavalry, artillery, and wagons, commanded by Gen. George Custer, crossing the plains of Dakota Territory.
	www.hanksville.org /daniel/misc/Custer.html (1587 words)

	General Custer / GarryOwen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Custer was assigned to Elizabethtown, Kentucky where his chief duty was to inspect and purchase horses for the Army.
		General Alferd H. Terry was in overall command of an Army campaign to relocate the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians from the open plains to reservations.
		Custer was to pass all the way down the Rosebud Creek and cross over to the Little Big Horn Valley and move north, in a blocking maneuver to prevent the Indians from escaping south.
	www.clubofwestern.com /7thandcuster.htm (2138 words)

	Ohio Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Custer was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the newly commissioned Seventh United States Cavalry, July 28, 1866.
		Custer divided his regiment into three columns and moved in to attack.
		Custer and his column were destroyed by a superior force of Lakota warriors.
	ohiobio.org /custer.htm (162 words)

	Amazon.com: Court Martial of General George Armstrong Custer: Books: Lawrence A. Frost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Custer was a fascinating personality and this book offers a good look into how Custer operated from a military, staff and personal vantage point.
		Custer was charged primarily with shooting and mistreating deserters, abandoning his post and not moving against Indians that killed two members of a detachment from his command that allegedly killed two of his men.
		Historians have noted that he may have left in a drastic hurry with 72 men as an escort because of jealousy due to the implied attentions of Lt. Weir or that he was worried about her due to cholera that was spreading across several commands.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0806116080?v=glance (1107 words)

	General George Armstrong Custer and P. M. B. Young
		Early one evening in 1863, General Custer was eating dinner in a commandeered Virginia farmhouse with his staff.
		Confederates broke through the perimeter and Custer was forced to evacuate before he finishing dinner.
		This time Custer’s Union forces broke through the perimeter and Young and his staff were forced to evacuate before finishing breakfast.
	notatlanta.org /manning.html (273 words)

	The Court Martial of George Armstrong Custer
		On 11 October 1867, at Fort Leavenworth, a court martial found Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer, Lieutenant Colonel, 7 th U.S. Cavalry guilty and sentenced him to suspension from rank and command for one year, and forfeiture of his pay for the same time.
		This on "Custer's Cavalry Column Trail," while traveling southward, between fifteen and forty miles south of Platt River, between fifty and seventy miles Southwest from Fort Sedgewick, Colorado, on or about the seventh day of July, 1867.
		In consequence the Court sentenced Brevet Major General G.A. Custer, Lieutenant Colonel, 7th U.S. Cavalry, to be suspended from rank and command for one year, and forfeit his pay for the same time.
	usacac.army.mil /CAC/csi/history/custer.asp (630 words)

	Indian Fighters in the Old West - Page 3
		His reckless daring soon caught the eye of the generals, and, in a cavalry shakeup, he was made a brigadier general.
		At the end of the Civil War, Custer was the Union army's youngest major general, but he was a lieutenant colonel when he was given command of the new Seventh Cavalry.
		General Miles was especially interested in Puerto Rico, and even recommended its invasion prior to that of Cuba.
	www.legendsofamerica.com /WE-IndianFighters3.html (1099 words)

	general george custer
		General George A. Custer Few nineteenth century military leaders gained as much fame and publicity as General George Armstrong Custer of the seventh cavalry.
		George A. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio on December 5, 1839.
		Custer always knew that wanted to be in the military, but not just as a plain and simple private.
	www.radessays.com /viewpaper/68416/general_george_custer.html (271 words)

	Michigan Historical Marker: George Armstrong Custer
		Raised in Monroe, George Armstrong Custer graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1861.
		Custer commanded a division in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864 and his troops cut off the last avenue of escape for Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox Courthouse on April 19, 1865.
		Custer is presented at a young age; he was only twenty-three years old when he faced the Confederate cavalry at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863.
	www.michmarkers.com /Pages/S0638.htm (255 words)

	George Armstrong Custer Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Although better known for his Indian fighting, George Custer compiled a creditable record as a cavalry leader in the latter part of the Civil War.
		At Gettysburg he remained with General Gregg east of town to face jeb Stuart's threat to the Union rear, although he was previously ordered to the south.
		His victories against the rebel cavalry came at a time when that force was a ghost of its former self Custer was brevetted in the regulars through grades to major general for Gettysburg, Yellow Tavern, Winchester, Five Forks, and the Appomattox Campaign.
	www.civilwarhome.com /custerbi.htm (392 words)

	General George Armstrong Custer in East Texas.
		When General George Armstrong Custer and his men were massacred at Little Big Horn in 1876, they may have gone to their graves with a piece of East Texas.
		In 1865, 11 years before the massacre, General Custer was assigned to Texas as a part of the reconstruction of Texas following the Civil War.
		We know that Custer and his men died with their boots on at Little Big Horn, but history doesn¹t tell us if they died with Newton County¹s socks on.
	www.texasescapes.com /AllThingsHistorical/GeneralGeorgeArmstrongCusterBB802.htm (558 words)

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