THE CUSTER MONUMENT WEST POINT
MAJOR GENERAL (BREVET) GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER WAS A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE CAVALRY COMMANDER DURING THE CIVIL WAR. AFTER THE WAR, CUSTER WAS DISPATCHED TO THE WEST TO FIGHT IN THE INDIAN WARS. CUSTER AND ALL THE MEN WITH HIM WERE KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN IN 1876.
Listing Details
- Military Base
- CIVIL WAR AND INDIAN WARS
- Obelisks War Monument
- 1879
- WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY
- 10996
- AHODGES7
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