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Location: WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY

City: WEST POINT

State: New York

Zip Code: 10996

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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