Custer Triumphant: George Armstrong Custer in the Last Years of the Civil War

History remembers George Armstrong Custer for his ignominious defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, but before that, he rose like a meteor—and flashed as brilliantly— during the American Civil War, from last in his class at West Point to hard-charging cavalry leader, major general, and division commander— all within the span of four years, before the age of twenty-six. This new book from Civil War cavalry expert Edward G. Longacre follows Custer through the final nineteen months of th...