Custer And His Wolverines: The Michigan Cavalry Brigade, 18611865 Longacre, Edward

George Armstrong Custer, who famously made his last stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, first achieved notoriety more than ten years earlier for his daring military exploits during the Civil War Graduating last in his class in 1861 from West Point, he quickly joined the fighting, and went on to take part in nearly every major battle of the war In 1863, he was promoted brigadier generalthe youngest general in the Union armyand given ISBN10: 0306813831 ISBN13: 9780306813832 Material Type: paperback