george armstrong custer

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born Dec. 5, 1839, New Rumley, Ohio, U.S. died June 25, 1876, Little Bighorn River, Montana Territory U.S. cavalry officer. He graduated from West Point and at age 23 became a brigadier general. His vigorous pursuit of Confederate troops under Gen. Robert E. Lee in retreat from Richmond hastened Lee's surrender in 1865. In 1874 he led U.S. troops to investigate rumours of gold in South Dakota's Black Hills, a sacred Indian hunting ground. The resulting gold rush led to hostile encounters with the Indians. In 1876 the 36-year-old Custer commanded one of two columns of a planned attack against Indians camped near Montana's Little Bighorn River. He rashly decided to attack without the other column, and in the Battle of the Little Bighorn he and all his troops were killed

{i} General George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), United States Union general during the American Civil War

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General George Armstrong Custer

a US soldier who first became famous in the American Civil War. He was killed, with all the men he was in command of, by Native Americans from the Sioux tribe led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. This battle is also known as Custer's Last Stand (1839-76)

Hyphenation

George Arm·strong Cus·ter

Turkish pronunciation

côrc ärmstrông kʌstır

Pronunciation

/ˈʤôrʤ ˈärmˌstrôɴɢ ˈkəstər/ /ˈʤɔːrʤ ˈɑːrmˌstrɔːŋ ˈkʌstɜr/