George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars.
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
The Gettysburg campaign was a military invasion of Pennsylvania by the main Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee in summer 1863. It was the first time during the war the Confederate Army attem
Opposing commanders George Meade (left) and Robert E. Lee (right)
Northern Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania (1861–1865)
Battlefield of Gettysburg (1863)