What is George Armstrong Custer?
{{Infobox Military Person |name= George Armstrong Custer |born= {{birth date|1839|12|5}} |died= {{Death date and age|1876|6|25|1839|12|5}} |placeofbirth= [[New Rumley, Ohio]] |placeofdeath=[[Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument|Little Bighorn, Montana]] |placeofburial= |image= G a custer.jpg |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= [[United States|United States of America]]<br/>[[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] |branch= [[United States Army]]<br/>[[Union Army]] |serviceyears=1861–76 |rank= [[Major General#United States|Major General]] of Volunteers [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] ([[Regular Army (United States)|Regular Army]]) |commands=[[Michigan Brigade]]<br/>[[3rd Cavalry Division]]<br/>[[7th Cavalry Regiment (United States)|7th U.S. Cavalry]] |unit= |battles=[[American Civil War]] * [[First Battle of Bull Run]] * [[Peninsula Campaign]] * [[Battle of Antietam]] * [[Battle of Chancellorsville]] * [[Gettysburg Campaign]] ** [[Battle of Gettysburg]] * [[Overland Campaign]] ** [[Battle of the Wilderness]] ** [[Battle of Yellow Tavern]] ** [[Battle of Trevilian Station]] * [[Valley Campaigns of 1864]] * [[Siege of Petersburg]] [[Indian Wars]] * [[Battle of Washita River|Battle of the Washita]] * [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]] |awards= |laterwork= }} ''' George Armstrong Custer''' (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a [[United States Army]] officer and [[cavalry]] commander in the [[American Civil War]] and the [[Indian Wars]]. At the start of the Civil War, Custer was a cadet at the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Point, New York|West Point]], and his class's graduation was accelerated so that they could enter the war. Custer graduated last in his class and served at the [[First Battle of Bull Run]] as a staff officer for [[Major General#United States|Major General]] [[George B. McClellan]] in the [[Army of the Potomac]]'s 1862 [[Peninsula Campaign]]. Early in the [[Gettysburg Campaign]], Custer's association with cavalry commander Major General [[Alfred Pleasonton