George A. Custer
Date of Birth: December 5, 1839
Hometown: New Rumley, OH
Education: West
Point, 1861
Final Wartime Rank: Major General
Final Peacetime Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Date of Death: June 25, 1876
Place of Death: Little Big Horn
Buried At:
Arlington National Cemetery
Major Battles: First Manassas, Gettysburg, Sheridan's 1864 Shenandoah Campaign, Appomattox Campaign
Interesting Fact(s): Always a brave fighter, Custer was ambushed, while leading the 7th Cavalry against the Sioux, and Cheyenne, in 1876, at Little Big Horn.
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