George Armstrong Custer

"Where did all these damn indians come from?" - General Custer

George Custer, perhaps one of the most well known Americans and the youngest appointed General in history. Born in Ohio 1839, Custer was one of three siblings. Before the Civil war started in 1861, Custer as a young man went to Westpoint to train to become a cavarly officer. During his days at west point as a cadet, he had the worst ever report anyone had.

As war soon broke out, he became 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd US cavalry. He took part in the battle of Bull run in 1861. Later he was sent into the 5th calvarly. Custer was quickly noted as a brilliant Calvarly officer and in 1863 he became a Brigadier General at the age of 23, the youngest General in history.

At the end of the war, Custer married his love Libbie. Custer stayed in the Army after the war and later went west as a Lt. Colonel of the 7th Cavarly. In 1876, he and his men were killed at the Battle of the little Bighorn by indians defending their land and way of life. Custer always remained a famous man of American history. He was buried at the battlefield with the rest of his men, but later his body was moved to west point.