George Armstrong Custer
Birthplace: New Rumley, Ohio
Father: Emanuel Henry Custer 1806 – 1892
(Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Monroe, Michigan)
Mother: Marie Ward 1807 – 1882
(Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Monroe, Michigan)
Wife: Elizabeth “Libby” Bacon 1842 – 1933
(Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)
Marriage: February 9, 1864 in Monroe, Michigan
Children: None
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Education:
June 1861: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (34th last)
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Cavalry Regiment
1861: Drilled Volunteers in Washington, D.C.
1861: Served in the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1861: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
1862 – 1864: 1st Lt. United States Army, 5th Cavalry Regiment
1862: Served in the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
1862 – 1863: Captain and Aide – de – camp in Union Army
1862: Aide to Major General George B. McClellan
1863: Aide to Major General Alfred Pleasanton
1863 – 1866: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers Cavalry
1863: Cavalry Brigade Commander at Battle of Gettysburg
1863: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Battle of Gettysburg
1863 – 1864: Served with the Cavalry in Central Virginia
1864: Cavalry Brigade Commander in Richmond Campaign
1864 – 1866: Captain United States Army, 5th Cavalry Regiment
1864: Brevetted Lt. Colonel for Gallantry Battle of Yellow Tavern
1864: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry Battle of Winchester, Virginia
1864: Brevetted Major General for Gallantry at Winchester
1865: Brevetted Brig. General for Gallantry, Battle of Five Forks, VA.
1865: Brevetted Major General for Gallantry ending the War
1865: Cavalry Division Commander in the Union Army
1865 – 1866: Major General of Union Army Volunteer, Cavalry
1865: Commander of Cavalry, Division Southwest Military Division
1865: Cavalry Commander Military Division of the Gulf
1865 – 1866: Chief of Cavalry, Department of Texas
1866: Mustered out of Volunteer Service on February 1st
Occupation after War:
1864 – 1866: Captain United States Army, 5th Cavalry Regiment
1866 – 1876: Lt. Colonel United States Army, 7th Cavalry Regiment
1866 – 1867: Frontier Duty at Fort Riley, Kansas
1868: Suspended from the Army August 12th – October 7th
1868: Served in the Action at Washita
1869 – 1870: Leave of Absence from the Army
1871: Served at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
1872: Garrison Duty at Louisville, Kentucky
1873: Garrison Duty at Elizabethtown, Kentucky
1873: Served on the Yellowstone Expedition
1874: Served on Black Hills Expedition
1876: Went before United States House of Representatives Committee
1876: Served on the Sioux Expedition
1876: Killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn River, Montana
Died: June 25, 1876
Place of Death: Little Big Horn, Montana
Age at time of Death: 37 years old
Original Burial Place: Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument, Montana
Current Burial Place: On October 10, 1877 the remains of Bvt. Maj. Gen. George Armstrong Custer were buried with full military honors in the cemetery near the Old Cadet Chapel at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. A large granite monument marks the grave.
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