George Armstrong Custer (1839 - 1876)
At the time, he was one of America’s most beloved and loathed military leaders.
A fierce fighter, chance taker, and headline grabber. Then came his demise and the deaths of 210 troopers under his command at the Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876.
Follow this examination of Custer’s life and place in American history.
The Daily Dose
DEC 29: Massacre at Wounded Knee
On Dec. 29, 1890, troops of the U.S. 7th Cavalry opened up on hundreds of Lakota Sioux with a Hotchkiss gun and other weapons at Wounded Knee Creek in present-day South Dakota.
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