Custer

My paper is over George Custer and I am trying to prove that he was a good general and if he had a major impact on the war. First I will go over his early life, his family school birthplace. Then I will be going over his military life. Finally, I will be speaking of his major battles including the battle of little bighorn. George Armstrong Custer was born on december 5, 1839 in New Harrison, Ohio. He was nicknamed “Autie” because of his mispronunciation of his middle name as a child. His parents

invasion. The times of amicable living were short lived when in 1874 General Terry sent Lt. Colonel Custer to evaluate the land in the Black Hills and to find a location for a new Army Fort. On his expedition Lt.Col. Custer discovered gold. The discovery of gold in the lands protected by the treaty would be the cause of the ultimate tension between the Native Americans and the U.S government. Custer sent accounts of the gold discovery to the newspapers,

In the Last Stand, written by Nathaniel Philbrick he discusses a big leader in the Civil War, George Armstrong Custer and how he led his troops with reckless courage. Philbrick wrote this book which can be viewed in many ways: a bloody massacre that is a big part of American history, or a tale of crazy arrogance and even unmatched bravery. One way that this book can be viewed as is the Last Stand being viewed as an account of a well-known battle that encapsulates the treatment of Native Americans

Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. The Native Americans were led by "Crazy Horse" and "Sitting Bull," while the 7th Cavalry Regiment was led by General George Armstrong Custer. Custer's orders were to locate the Sioux camp in the Big Horn Mountains in Montana and wait for back up to arrive and help. But Custer being flamboyant and brash confronfronted the Native Americans, thinking that his technologically advanced soldiers could take them out no problem.

Williamsburg Brigadier General Hancock is granted permission to advance a brigade across a dam and Custer again volunteers and is granted permission to accompany Hancock. The 5th Wisconsin would reinforce the 6th Maine within one mile or so of General Longstreet’s left lank, it wasn’t long until their presence was know and the battle would become fierce. Hancock’s men were intimidated of the massive size of the rebel line and began to ignore the commands of their officers. It wasn’t until Custer’s

why was the battle fought and did it serve a greater purpose? This paper will show how and why the battle happened and why the Battle of Little Bighorn could have been avoided as well as some of the effects the battle had. General George Armstrong Custer had gained the reputation of getting into trouble early into his career (PBS n.d.). He graduated last in his class, and shortly after his graduation he was court marshaled for not stopping a fight between two cadets (PBS n.d.). He never was punished

led by Lt. Colonel George A. Custer, suffered an excruciating defeat. “In the Battle of Little Bighorn on 25 July 1876 Custer's forces (between 600 and 700) met an Indian force, mostly Sioux and Cheyenne, under the joint leadership of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, numbering in warrior strength about 2,000.” (Flores 142) Over one third of the regiment were killed, including

Battle of Little Bighorn took place in 1876 along the Little Big Horn River in south central Montana. Warriors of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes battled the seventh Regiment of the U.S. Cavalry led by General George Armstrong Custer. The battle has come to symbolize the clash of two vastly different civilizations including a hunting culture of the northern plains and a highly sophisticated, industrial-based culture of the U.S. This battle was not an isolated soldier-warrior confrontation

dispatched to force the noncompliant Indians onto their reservations and to pacify the Great Plains (Powers, 2010). The Commander George Armstrong Custer was a United States cavalry officer who served with distinction in the American Civil War and was the youngest ever brevet brigadier general at age twenty-three (History.com Staff, 2009). Custer had various disciplinary issues throughout his career ranging from abandoning his post for romantic reasons to leaving the field without searching for

Bighorn is an example of the latter and marks the “most decisive Native American victory and the worse U.S. defeat during the long Plains Indian War” (History.com Staff, 2009). The Battle of Little Bighorn Background Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer led an Army expedition in the Black Hills (present-day South