George Armstrong Custer, shown in an 1859 photograph as a 19-year-old West Point cadet in his summer furlough uniform, and in a later undated photo, will be the subject of a talk by biographer T.J.

To get a sense of just how divisive George Armstrong Custer was during his short life, one need only consult a couple of the Union Army officer’s post-Civil War press clippings. In 1866, The New York ...

Nearly 150 years after his death in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, George Armstrong Custer remains one of the most controversial figures in American history. That controversy — which makes Custer a ...

FARGO — Fifty years had passed since the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Animosities had faded and former combatants gathered to put their bloody differences behind them in a peaceful ceremony filled ...

Only days before the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Union army cavalry Lt. George A. Custer dug a black velveteen jacket out of his bags. The coat was double-breasted — the kind generals wore — and ...

"The thrilling and definitive biography of George Armstrong Custer's incredible Civil War years and the heroics that made him a legend From George Armstrong Custer's graduation from West Point to the ...

Berkeley author T.J. Stiles won his second Pulitzer Prize for biography this week for his most recent book, Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America, about General George Custer, the ...

Custer’s Last Stand is a staple of American history. The tragic tale of the massacre of the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Big Horn is most closely associated with Gen. George Custer, ...

"An earlier edition of this book was published in 2002 under the title In his brother's shadow : the life of Thomas Ward Custer"--T.p. verso. The formative years -- Military life -- Intermission and ...

“The Sioux say this officer was the bravest man they had ever fought.” — Sioux Chief Red Horse, 1881. “History is not history unless it is the truth.” — Abraham Lincoln, 1856. We’ve all heard the ...