george custer

     

The first line in Encarta's article on him includes the words "Last Stand" in quotes

Trivia about george custer

  • This cavalry leader left a pack of about 40 dogs behind when he went to the Little Bighorn
  • Robert E. Lee's truce flag was delivered to this general in 1865; in 1876 he was killed at Little Big Horn
  • North Dakota's Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park was once a fort commanded by this lt. colonel from 1873 to 1876
  • Less than a month after graduating last in his class from West Point, he made his first stand at Bull Run
  • His "Last Stand" came at the hands of the Cheyenne & the Sioux
  • 2 years before Little Bighorn, he published "My Life on the Plains"
  • He was born December 5, 1839 in New Rumley, Ohio & died in Montana, June 25, 1876
  • Authors held off on unfavorable comments on this man & his "Last Stand" until his wife died; she lasted until 1933
  • One of his first stands, at Gettysburg when he was 23, got him promoted to major in the regular army
  • Ironically, a horse named Comanche survived this commander's "Last Stand" in 1876