Custer George Armstrong

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George Armstrong Custer
photographed in the early 1860s

Cus·ter

 (kŭs′tər), George Armstrong 1839-1876.
American soldier. A brigadier general at age 23, he was killed and his troops annihilated by Lakota and Cheyenne warriors led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse at Little Bighorn.
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