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George Armstrong Custer

1839 - 1876

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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 American Indian Wars. Custer graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, last in his graduating class of 1861 (34th out of a starting class of 108 candidates, 68 passing the entrance exam, of whom 34 graduated). Nonetheless, Custer achieved a higher military rank than any other U.S. Army officer in his class. Following graduation, he worked closely with future Union Army Generals George B. McClellan and Alfred Pleasonton, both of whom recognized his abilities as a cavalry leader. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Armstrong Custer is the 171st most popular military personnel (up from 208th in 2019), the 607th most popular biography from United States (down from 562nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Military Personnel.

George Armstrong Custer is most famous for his defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, George Armstrong Custer ranks 171 out of 2,058. Before him are Draža Mihailović, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, William Stuart-Houston, Hans Krebs, Khalifa Haftar, and Antipater. After him are Anton Denikin, Louis, Grand Condé, Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Semyon Budyonny, Maurice de Saxe, and Tokugawa Yoshinobu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, George Armstrong Custer ranks 10. Before him are Modest Mussorgsky, Jamsetji Tata, Alfred Sisley, Charles Sanders Peirce, Josiah Willard Gibbs, and Carol I of Romania. After him are Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Nikolay Przhevalsky, Josephine Cochrane, Emil Škoda, Frances Willard, and Théodule-Armand Ribot. Among people deceased in 1876, George Armstrong Custer ranks 7. Before him are Mikhail Bakunin, Abdülaziz, George Sand, Wild Bill Hickok, Antonio López de Santa Anna, and Karl Ernst von Baer. After him are Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Truganini, Catherine Labouré, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Ildefons Cerdà, and Marie d'Agoult.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Armstrong Custer ranks 607 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Ruby (1911), Robert Mitchum (1917), George Clooney (1961), Michael Keaton (1951), Lewis H. Morgan (1818), and George E. Smith (1930). After him are Jared Leto (1971), Louise Glück (1943), George Westinghouse (1846), J. Edgar Hoover (1895), Nick Nolte (1941), and Jim Simons (1938).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, George Armstrong Custer ranks 9. Before him are Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934), Wild Bill Hickok (1837), George S. Patton (1885), Robert E. Lee (1807), Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), and Robert Peary (1856). After him are Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), Chester W. Nimitz (1885), William Halsey Jr. (1882), Benedict Arnold (1741), J. D. Tippit (1924), and J. E. B. Stuart (1833).

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