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Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer, US Army, 1865

I would be willing, yes glad, to see a battle every day during my life.

George Armstrong Custer

Died age 36 in the battle of Little Bighorn.

(1839 – 1876)
Custer fought in the United States Army, Union Army in the American Civil Wars in over 10 battles.
He fought in the Indian Wars in 2 wars

American Civil War First Battle of Bull Run Peninsula Campaign Battle of Antietam Battle of Chancellorsville Gettysburg Campaign Battle of Gettysburg Overland Campaign Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Yellow Tavern Battle of Trevilian Station Valley Campaigns of 1864 Siege of Petersburg Indian Wars Battle of the Washita Battle of the Little Bighorn

Custer and Pleasonton 1863

Union Cavalry Generals George A. Custer (left) and Alfred Pleasonton in the Autumn of 1863

Custer was only 23 when this photo was taken. He was quoted as saying that "no father could love his son more than General Pleasonton loves me."  Alfred Pleasonton was a General of Union cavalry during the American Civil War who took Custer under his wing. Custer served on Pleasonton's staff while still continuing his assignment with his own regiment and was one of the youngest generals in the Union Army at age 23 when in June, 1863, Pleasonton promoted Custer from captain to brigadier general of volunteers.

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Custer's Blackhills expedition

1874



"Custer led an expedition into the Black Hills and announced the discovery of gold on French Creek near present-day Custer, South Dakota. Custer's announcement triggered the Black Hills Gold Rush. Among the towns that immediately grew up was Deadwood, South Dakota, notorious for lawlessness."

From Wikipedia