Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: General George Custer's Account of the Battle of Gettysburg (Illustrated)

George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) is remembered for all the wrong reasons today, primarily for being in command at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where nearly his entire command was annihilated during the Indian Wars. Until that fateful day, however, Custer was a renowned and respected military hero in the United States, most notably for his Civil War service.

Raised in Michigan and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1858, where he graduated last in his cl...