On June 25,1876 at the battle of Little Bighorn.
he was 28 years old...
George Armstrong Custer was found with a bullet wound to the left temple and a bullet wound in his left breast. he was neither scalped or mutilated. ( reference: son of the morning star by Evan s. connell) Please note that he was mutilated but not scalped - the official account detail this, although some details were withheld until after the death of his wife.
George Armstrong Custer's soldiers discovered gold in the Black Hills. The U.S. government responded by insisting that the Sioux who lived there sell their reservaation land but the Sioux refused. This caused the Battle of the Little Bighorn in which Sioux warriors surrounded George Armstrong Custer and his troops. It was the worst defeat the U.S. army suffered in the west.
George Custer fought in a total of 15 battles as a part of the United States Union. Of those 15 battles George Custer and his union won 9.
Custer fought for the Union. His last battle was in 1876, several years after the end of the Civil War.
George Armstrong Custer died on June 25, 1876 at the age of 36.
37 when he died.(i think)
George Armstrong Custer was born on December 5, 1839.
George Armstrong Custer was born on December 5, 1839 and died on June 25, 1876. George Armstrong Custer would have been 36 years old at the time of death or 175 years old today.
George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer died June 25, 1876.
George Armstrong Custer died on June 25th, 1876, "Little Bighorn" Montana.
Gen. George Armstrong Custer.
General George Armstrong Custer
General George Armstrong Custer
Yes, his younger brothers were Thomas Custer and Boston Custer, both of whom died with him at Little Big Horn.
of coarse not!