General Custer became an Army officer by graduating from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.
Yes. It is a family name.
The Lakota and Northern Cheyenne .
George Armstrong Custer NEVER received the Medal of Honor. His brother Thomas did, though; TWICE!
Custer was a colonel, although during the Civil War he attained the rank of a brevet general. Brevet means a temporary promotion to general. Although Custer kept his brevet rank for a time after the war, it was later taken away from him, and he was a colonel when he died. [If Custer had been a general at Little Big Horn he would have commanded more than one regiment.]
General Custer was a member of the U.S. Army; so I guess you could say that he was on the side of the USA (if that is a side).
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George A. Custer was a united states army officer who won fame as a civil war general and an Indian fighter in the west
George Armstrong Custer became a Brigadier General of US Volunteers June 29, 1863.
he became the youngest general in the civil war.
Opinions vary on who the best Indian fighter was. Two of the most notable are General George Crook and George Armstrong Custer. The disaster at Little Bighorn overshadowed Custer's ability as a soldier.
Two Sergeants of General Custer was created in 1965.
George A. Custer was a united states army officer who won fame as a civil war general and an Indian fighter in the west
Custer is named after general Custer who led the battle againts the Indians from the dakotas
General George Custer was defeated and killed in the Battle of Little Bighorn
George Armstrong Custer was the Boy General of the Civil War. A West Point Cadet when the war began, he was a dashing and flamboyant Major General when the war ended. Reverted back to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he served in the Indian Wars with a checkered record. He was doubtless a man of great personal courage, a poor tactician, and became an American Hero when he lost his command to the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Yellow Hair, the Golden Boy General died with much of his US 7th Cavalry on 25 June 1876.
general george custer and his troops were routed at the battle of little big horn
General George Armstrong Custer attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated in 1861. His time at West Point prepared him for a career in the U.S. Army, where he became known for his role in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.