
George Armstrong Custer, A Military Life
George Armstrong Custer: A Military Life explores Custer's life and highlights the complex nature of his experiences and legacy. As Barnard makes clear, Custer was one of many army officers and soldiers who took part in the Plain Indian struggles of the mid-1860s until his death on June 25, 1876, at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in faraway Montana Territory. His well-documented conflicts with American Indians have often turned him into a notorious figure. Barnard looks beyond the myths surrounding Custer to reveal the influence he had on the frontier army and the West in addition to his symbolic legacy.