Eriksmoen: North Dakota colonel had Custer arrested for ignoring order Following the Civil War and his involvement in Mexico to stop the French from meddling in Mexico's internal affairs, Col. David ...

On June 25, 1876, the 7th U.S. Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, encountered a combined force of Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors at Little Bighorn, led by figures such ...

Disaster on the Little Big Horn River - General Custer and Seventeen Commissioned Officers Among the Killed. SALT LAKE, July 5. – A special correspondent of the Helena (Montana) Herald writes from ...

Dashing, golden-haired George Armstrong Custer, a major general at 24, was a wild daredevil of a soldier and the greatest Indian fighter of his time—according to the history books. Schoolboys are told ...

Custer's Last Stand took place at the Little Bighorn River, where he led over two hundred soldiers into battle against thousands of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors. From ...

Few figures in American history are as divisive as Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. He's been hailed as a hero and martyr by some, and vilified as a brash fool who got what he deserved at ...

Custer’s last stand was 150 years ago. As America wrestles with its 250th birthday, this commemoration also cuts to the heart of who we are. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent ...

In 1872, Lt. Col. George Custer, Gen. Phil Sheridan, the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia and “Buffalo Bill” Cody met in Nebraska for a most important meeting/big game hunt. Omaha author Jeff Barnes will ...

Wayne Maunder's Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer is seen in closeup with a U.S. flag in the background in Custer - ABC We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In the 1960s, ...