Trivia 10-9-17 Last Stand... almost

[Stony]

General George Custer - The Battle of Trevilion Station
source-https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/custers-first-last-stand

 

[JOHN42768]

General George A. Custer at Trevilian Station. Custer was now virtually surrounded, his command in an ever-shrinking circle, as every side was charged and hit with shells. Historian Eric J. Wittenberg described the general's predicament as "Custer's First Last Stand", foreshadowing his famous demise at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
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[hughes]

Autie Custer at Trevilian Station.

 

[Jackson'sArm]

General George Armstong Custer's men were surrounded on June 11, 1864 at Trevilian Station. It would have been his "last stand" but for the timely arrival of General Philip Sheridan.

https://www.civilwar.org/learn/civil-war/battles/trevilian-station

 

[chellers]

George A. Custer
The Battle of Trevilian Station - June 11-12, 1864

 

[James N.]

Old Curly, George Custer, this time at Trevellian Station, Virginia, where he almost got squashed between Fitz Lee's and Wade Hampton's Rebel cavalry. This time he was able to fight his way out though!

 

[mofederal]

https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/custers-first-last-stand

General G.A. Custer at the Battle of Trevilian Station June 1864.

 

[hoosier]

The general was George Custer and the battle was Trevilian Station.

The name of that battle has a familiar ring to it.

 

[MaryDee]

Ah, truthckr, you also have been reading Eric Wittenberg's Glory Enough for All, chapter 4, "Custer's First Last Stand"! Fascinating book!
George Armstrong Custer, Trevilian Station.

You don't want to know how close I came to submitting the identical question at the same time I submitted the one from the same book that appeared last Friday!

 

[sarladaise]

George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Trevilian Station

 

[William G Hendry]

Custer's First Last Stand The Battle Trevilian Station.

The date was June 11, 1864, and the location was a small whistle-stop along the Virginia Central Railroad known as The Battle Trevilian Station. , Custer soon realized that he was now in big trouble, with no help, as far as he knew, on the way. The Boy General was completely surrounded

 

[Saris]

Brigadier General George A. Custer and Battle of Trevilian Station

https://www.civilwar.org/learn/civil-war/battles/trevilian-station

Edit - Correct, Saris. Welcome to the trivia game and to CivilWarTalk.

Hope you'll come back and play again.

hoosier

 

[TomP]

Brigadier General Samuel Sturgis at Brice's Crossroads. Twelve years later, in 1876, a portion of his command, the 7th U.S. Cavalry, was surrounded and had their last stand along the Little Big Horn. Sturgis was not present for that battle though he did get a town and biker rally in South Dakota named for himself.

 

[ErnieMac]

@Eric Wittenberg calls "Custer's First 'Last Stand'". Answer - George A. Custer at Trevillian Station.

 

[amweiner]

George Armstrong Custer at Trevilian Station, June 11-12, 1864.
https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/custers-first-last-stand

 

[Schwallanscher]

samuel davis sturgis - the battle of brice's crossroads

 

[ami]

Answer: Brig Gen George A. Custer and the Battle was Trevilian's Station.

Source:Wikipedia

Edit - I decided to accept Samuel Sturgis and the Battle of Brice's Cross Roads as an alternative answer.

The battle did take place in June 1864 and Sturgis was surrounded. While I'm not aware of any authors who described the action as a "Last Stand," it effectively ended Sturgis' service as a Civil War commander, so it could be regarded as an appropriate description.

Should Sturgis be considered "famous?" While he is not as well known as Custer, he did have a town in South Dakota and a World War II ship named after him, so I guess that counts as a measure of fame. And I'll give him credit for uttering the immortal line "I don't care for John Pope one pinch of owl dung," even if people have trouble remembering who said it.

hoosier