THE CUSTER MONUMENT WEST POINT
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument
Year Dedicated: 1879
Access: Military Base
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR AND INDIAN WARS
Photograph By: AHODGES7
MAJOR GENERAL (BREVET) GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER WAS A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE CAVALRY COMMANDER DURING THE CIVIL WAR. AFTER THE WAR, CUSTER WAS DISPATCHED TO THE WEST TO FIGHT IN THE INDIAN WARS. CUSTER AND ALL THE MEN WITH HIM WERE KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN IN 1876.
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