However, he was immediately commissioned as a second lieutenant for the Union Army in the Civil War. After the war, Custer found himself on the frontier fighting a new enemy: Native Americans.

But by then the Civil War had broken out, and the Army needed all the officers it could get. Custer went unpunished. Custer distinguished himself in several Civil War battles. After the war ...

Sometimes to get remembered in history, you need a great publicist. This weekend marks the 147th anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn—also known as ‘Custer’s Last Stand’—a chapter ...

Less well known is that Custer may have been the man who won the Civil War. The incident, known mostly only to Civil War buffs, occurred at the critical climax of that war’s decisive battle ...

In 1936, Elizabeth Custer, whose late husband is better remembered for his last stand at the Battle of Little Big Horn than his role in the Civil War, gave the side table and her portion of the ...

But, of course, there's always a story behind the story. Custer's Louisiana story began after the Civil War's end, and, as central Louisiana historian Michael D. Wynne puts it, "there's a lot more ...

During the Civil War, Custer had fought courageously and commanded skillfully—but now, with the war over, he used his military authority to take what was not his, for no official purpose.

But by then the Civil War had broken out, and the Army needed all the officers it could get. Custer went unpunished. Custer distinguished himself in several Civil War battles. After the war ...