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George Armstrong Custer: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born December 5, 1839 • Ohio
Died June 25, 1876 (aged 36) • Montana
Role In American Civil War • Battle of Appomattox Court House • Battle of the Little Bighorn • Plains Wars

Photos

Portrait of U.S. military officer George Armstrong Custer by Mathew Brady, showing Custer in uniform with arms crossed and wearing a wide-brimmed hat.
Engraving of General George Custer in military uniform, shown from the chest up, with a mustache and wavy hair.
Custer's Black Hills expedition camp
George Custer and Crazy Horse
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana
Monroe, Michigan: George Armstrong Custer statue
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