How did George Armstrong Custer die?

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George Armstrong Custer was found with two bullet wounds—one in his chest and one in front of his left temple—either of which could have killed him. He died on June 25, 1876, along with all of his soldiers, while leading an attack against Indians camped near Montana’s Little Bighorn River during the Battle of the Little Bighorn.