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People Archives:George Armstrong Custer

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Was George Armstrong Custer Really A Terrible Strategist?

by Jerry D. Morelock1/23/20243/31/2024

Did Custer simply walk into disaster at the Little Bighorn? Here’s an in-depth look at his last military decisions.

This 1772 portrait of then Colonel George Washington—the earliest known depiction of the future president.

Clothes May Not Make the Man, But These Commanders’ Personal Effects Are Instantly Recognizable

by Jon Guttman9/8/20237/25/2023
Lakota warrior White Bull

Whether or Not He Killed Custer, This Lakota Proved a Courageous Warrior

by Dennis Goodwin7/21/20237/21/2023
Painting of Napoléon crossing the Alps on horse back.

Precision vs. Propaganda: Some Painters Meticulously Researched Their Masterworks—Others Not So Much

by Jon Guttman6/23/20234/26/2024
Privates Joseph Hakin and William A. Wilson

At War’s End, These Union Soldiers Thought They Were Being Mustered Out. Instead, They Found Themselves Back in the Fray… Under Custer

by Richard H. Holloway6/12/20236/15/2023
Cavalry battle at Yellow Tavern

At Yellow Tavern, Phil Sheridan Finally Made Good on His Promise to ‘whip’ J.E.B. Stuart

by Adolfo Ovies5/29/20235/24/2023
Louisiana Native Guards near railroad

Coerced into Serving for the Confederacy, These Black Soldiers Ultimately Served Under Custer

by Edward Windsor5/15/20235/16/2023
George Custer and Alfred Pleasonton on horseback

Joe Hooker Was an Ineffectual General, But Does He Deserve Credit for Transforming the Union Cavalry?

by D. Scott Hartwig5/8/20232/7/2024
Johnnie Bruguier

He Served the Army and Sitting Bull Well—Both Before and After Facing Charges for Murder

by Aaron Robert Woodard4/21/20234/26/2024

Through Custer’s Eyes: Roam Through Six Civil War-Era Haunts of the Famed General

by Richard H. Holloway3/24/20233/27/2024

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