On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg there were two cavalry battles: one approximately three miles to the east, in the area known today as East Cavalry Field, the other southwest of the Round
Farnsworth's Charge, Battles and Leaders
Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, CSA
Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, CSA
Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, USA
George Armstrong Custer
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George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars.
Battle of Gettysburg, third day cavalry battles
…to get into the Federal rear and exploit any success that Pickett's Charge may have generated. Union cavalry under Brig. Gens. David McM. Gregg and George Armstrong Custer repulsed the Confederate advances. In South Cavalry Field, after Pickett's Charge had been defeated, reckless cavalry charges against the right flank…
Custer in 1865
USMA Cadet George Armstrong "Autie" Custer, ca. 1859 with a Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver.
Custer with former classmate, friend, and captured Confederate soldier, Lieutenant James Barroll Washington, an aide to General Johnston, at Fair Oaks, Virginia, 1862
Custer (extreme right) with President Lincoln, General McClellan and other officers after the Battle of Antietam, 1862