Custer’s Last Stand

The son of a blacksmith, Emanuel Custer, George Armstrong Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, on 5 December, 1839, one of 5 children. Though his was a close family for much of his young life he was actually raised by relatives in Monroe, Ohio. This fact aside, he had a fairly conventional upbringing. Known as Autie, a name derived from the problem he had pronouncing his middle name, he was a show-off, a notorious prankster, and something of a bully. Often in trouble, he didn't perform well acad



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