Custer is my grandparent’s dog. He has brought me joy throughout my years with him, along with those playful eyes that beg me to play with Custer never gets old. My essay is on Custer, my grandparent’s dog. When I see Custer, my eyes immediately go to his strong, lean body that was designed to run. His fur, is the color of caramel, although I seriously doubt that it tastes like it. Custer’s dense coat has curls that wrap around your fingers, as if each one was a baby’s hand grabbing your finger
The most significant figure as to why Custer was defeated at the battle of little Big Horn was that General Terry had divided his force. He sent Custer and the 7th cavalry to fight the battle, which was a smaller number than he could have sent. This meant that there were fewer men. To make things worse, Custer then divided the men again, into 4 groups, the mule train, Bentine’s group, Reno’s group, and Custer’s group. This caused them to be outnumbered by the Indians even more, resulting in the loss
The 7th Cavalry Regiment's destruction at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876 is the subject of over a century of debate. LTC George A. Custer failed to exercise four key responsibilities that were expected of him as the regiment’s commander. He failed to understand the problem and environment, visualize a feasible solution, clearly describe it to his subordinates, and effectively direct his forces. These four aspects of mission command are integral to the operations process and help Soldiers
Synopsis: George Armstrong Custer was a West Point graduate who attained military promotions to brigadier general and major general in the regular army on March 13, 1865 and major general of volunteers April 15, 1865 during the American Civil War. Later in 1870’s, Custer moved to the west to fight in the Indian Wars. On June 25, 1876, a battle at Little Bighorn against Lakota and Cheyenne warriors was fought where he led 210 men. Custer and all of his men were killed in the battle. The battle, also
eyes of America? History George Armstrong Custer was born 5 December 1839 in New Rumley, Ohio. He was the son of a blacksmith with little money,
Who- The U.S. commander who led the attack was Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. The president at the time was Ulysses S. Grant. The tribes that were involved were the Lakota Sioux and the Cheyenne Warriors. The leader of the Sioux was Sitting Bull and the leader of the Cheyenne was Chief Dull Knife at the time. Crazy Horse was also an important person involved in the battle. What- The demand for gold became increasingly higher and higher during this time. Because of this Americans kept
George Armstrong Custer the commander of the seventh Cavalry was tasked with controlling the Natives in the US territories. The United States congress ordered all Native Americans of the western plains return to the Great Sioux Reservation. Many natives refused and some joined the camp of Sitting Bull a Lakota Chief who continued to live a nomadic way of life off the reservation. Colonel Custer attempted to combat this unconventional adversary without adapting his tactics. Colonel Custer 's failure to
A. Custer General George Armstrong Custer has been touted as one of the most infamous Army leaders in American military history. Often he is used as a cliché to indicate a great failure of a process or military action. But what did Custer do to bring about his demise on the hot afternoon of Sunday June 25th, 1876? Why did his successes in the Civil War not follow him into the Indian Wars? The purpose of this paper is to explore the principals of mission command and to describe how Custer embraced
Statement of Thesis: The distinctions between Crazy Horse and General George Armstrong Custer are discussed throughout historical works in depth. The main idea that separates the two men is the perspective that they are viewed though. Historical scholarship and other work uses the battle of the Little Bighorn as a uniting factor of the two men, but little more thought or work is given to the matter of the men, mainly due to prejudice views of that time as well as present day. Through application
In I Fought with Custer, Frazier and Robert Hunt Tells the personal story and experience of Charles Windolph a soldier from Company H of the George Armstrong Custer’s seventh U.S Calvary. Windolph’s who was the last survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn tells the story of the battle from his perspective as a soldier in Company H Seventh U.S Calvary. The Battle of the Little BigHorn was a battle plagued with uncertainty, mystery and accusations of cowardice and desertion because no white man