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Custer’s Last Stand

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The Battle of the Little Bighorn

📅 December 5, 1839 – On this day, U.S. cavalry officer George Armstrong Custer was born. Once a Civil War hero, Custer is best remembered for his final and fatal role in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as “Custer’s Last Stand.”

📌 Why This Matters

The hills of Montana echoed with gunfire as the fate of an overconfident cavalry officer and his men was sealed.

But our story today starts on December 5, 1839, with the birth of George Armstrong Custer—a man who would become both a Union Civil War hero and one of the most controversial military figures in U.S. history.

Custer's rise through the ranks was meteoric, but it was his final mission that immortalized him. At the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer led the U.S. 7th Cavalry against a coalition of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors who refused to be confined to a reservation.

Thinking he’d face a small war band, Custer charged ahead—splitting his troops and ignoring warnings. He ran straight into thousands of Native warriors united under Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.

The result? Custer and more than 260 men were wiped out. To some, it was a heroic last stand. To others, a symbol of arrogance and colonial overreach.

🎯 How Much do you Know about the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

• History is rarely simple—and the Little Bighorn wasn’t just a battle.

• It was a turning point in the Native American resistance to U.S. expansion and a flashpoint for how we tell stories of conquest, rebellion, and loss.

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