George Armstrong Custer

Cavalier in Buckskin, a book about George Armstrong Custer’s life up until his death on June 25, 1876 at the Battle of Little Bighorn, taught me many things about how Custer lived and acted. It also taught me a lot about Custers personality in battle which made me come to the conclusion that he was a very confident man in what he did and how he fought his battles which in turn possibly could have ended his life because overconfidence can be deadly. Custer was born on December 5, 1839 in New Rumley

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

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

but 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

examining why Custer decided to attempt to conquer the Sioux nation by himself, his attitude and ambitions and his personality. His background, his confidence, the battle itself and the reasons why he failed are also factors I will be exploring. As well I will be writing about why ‘mistakes were made’. General George Armstrong Custer was born and bred in the small town of Munroe in Michigan. His father was a

signs of an Indian village on the banks of the Little Big horn river. Custer had planned a surprise attack to take place the follow morning, but had received report that hostile Indians had discovered the trail left behind by his Soldiers. Custer assumed that he had lost the element of surprised and decided to attack right away, which went against his orders from higher to stay and wait for reinforcements to arrive. Custer divided unit into three battalions, one commanded by Major Marcus Reno

Ashilay Dillow SIU850015144 SOC215 November 14, 2013 Film Response to Smoke Signals The film Smoke Signals is about two young Native American men, Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-the-Fire, who venture off their reservation in Idaho to go to Phoenix, Arizona to pick up the ashes of Victor’s dead father. The film opens with a house fire on the Fourth of July, 1976. Infant Thomas is saved from the fire by Victor’s father, Arnold, but is also left parentless when his parents aren’t so lucky. Twelve

Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors by Stephen Ambrose is a novel about the lives of two american warriors. These two warriors were defined by the circumstances in their life which in turn, made them be on opposing sides of the war. I liked this book better than the trail of tears, probably because I love the writing style of Ambrose. Both of these men have a lot in common, but as we read the book, we discover that that this was simply a natural side effect of their

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,

On June 25, 1876 in central Montana, off the banks of Little Bighorn, George Armstrong Custer and his battalion, defeated by the overpowering force of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors, surprised a nation who had believed that the army was well prepared and had no doubts of the victory sure to come. A nation determined to take over the Western Plains despite the people already living there, they saw the native people as an obstacle to their progress and as a consequence needed to be removed. Even though