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See also:CUSTER, See also:GEORGE See also:ARMSTRONG (1839-1876) , See also:American See also:cavalry soldier, was See also:born in New Rumley, See also:Harrison See also:county, See also:Ohio, on the 5th of See also:December 1839. He graduated from See also:West Point in 1861, and was at once sent to the See also:theatre of See also:war in See also:Virginia, joining his See also:regiment on the battlefield of See also:Bull Run. Afterwards he served on the See also:staff of See also:General See also:Kearny, and on that of General W. F. See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith in the See also:Peninsular See also:Campaign. His daring and See also:energy, and in particular a spirited See also:reconnaissance on the See also:Chickahominy See also:river, brought him to the See also:notice of General McClellan, who made him an aide-de-See also:camp on his own staff, with the See also:rank of See also:captain. A few See also:hours afterwards Custer attacked a Confederate See also:picket See also:post and drove back the enemy. He continued to serve with McClellan until the general was relieved of his command, when Custer returned to See also:duty with his regiment as a See also:lieutenant. See also:Early in 1863 General Pleasonton selected him as his aide-de-camp, and in See also:June 1863 Custer was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general of See also:volunteers. He distinguished himself at the See also:head of the See also:Michigan cavalry See also:brigade in the See also:battle of See also:Gettysburg, and frequently did See also:good service in the remaining operations of the campaign of 1863. When the cavalry See also:corps of the See also:Army of the See also:Potomac was reorganized under See also:Sheridan in 1864, Custer retained his command, and took See also:part in the various actions of the cavalry in the See also:Wilderness and See also:Shenandoah See also:campaigns. At the end of See also:September 1864, he was appointed to command a See also:division, and on the 9th of See also:October fought, along with General See also:Merritt, the brilliant cavalry See also:action called the battle of See also:Woodstock. Soon afterwards he was made See also:brevet-See also:major-general, U.S.V., having already won the brevets of major, lieutenant-See also:colonel and colonel U.S.A., for his services at Gettysburg, Yellow See also:Tavern and See also:Winchester. His part in the decisive battle of See also:Cedar See also:Creek (q.v.) was most conspicuous. He served with Sheridan in the last See also:great cavalry See also:raid, won the action of See also:Waynesboro, and in the final campaign added to his laurels by his conduct at See also:Dinwiddie and Five Forks, and in other operations. At the See also:close of the war he received the brevets of brigadier and major-general in the See also:regular army, and was promoted major-general of volunteers. In 1866 Custer was made lieutenant-colonel of the 7th U.S. Cavalry, and took part under General See also:Hancock in the expedition against the See also:Cheyenne See also:Indians, upon whom he inflicted a crushing defeat at Washita river on the 27th of See also:November 1868. In 1873 he was sent to Dakota Territory to serve against the See also:Sioux.
In 1876 an expedition, of which Custer and his regiment formed part, was made against the Sioux and their See also:allies. As the advanced guard of the troops under General See also:Terry, Custer's force arrived at t'lhe junction of Big See also:Horn and Little Big Horn See also:rivers, in what is now the See also:state of See also:Montana, on the See also:night of June 24; the See also:main See also:body was due to join him on the 26th. Unfortunately, the presence of what was judged to be a small isolated force of Indians was reported to the general. On the 25th, dividing his regiment into three parties, he moved forward to surround this force. But instead of See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting only a small force of Indians, the 7th were promptly attacked by the full forces of the enemy. The flanking columns maintained themselves with difficulty until Terry came up. Custer and 264 men of the centre See also:column rode into the midst of the enemy and were slaughtered to a See also:man.
The general's wife, See also:ELIZABETH See also:- BACON
- BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
- BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
- BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
- BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
- BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
- BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)
BACON CUSTER, who accompanied him in many of his frontier expeditions, wrote Boots and Saddles, See also:Life with General Custer in Dakota (1885), Tenting on the
Plains (1887) and Following the Guidon (1891). General Custer himself wrote My Life on the Plains (1874).
See F. Whittaker, Life of General George A. Custer (1876).
His See also:brother See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
WARD CUSTER (1845-1876), in spite of his youth, fought in the early campaigns of the See also:Civil War. Be-coming aide-de-camp to General Custer, he accompanied him throughout the latter part of the war, distinguishing himself by his daring on all occasions, and winning successively the brevets of captain, major and lieutenant-colonel, though he was barely twenty years of See also:age when the war ended. He was first lieutenant in the 7th cavalry when he See also:fell with his brother at the Little Big Horn.
End of Article: CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG (1839-1876)
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