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Show . Portrait PortrOJ ' of ofa a lleroODe heroOne Hero llero HeroOne , One ODe of the tbe unsolved unaoived myterlei my.terle myterle mysteries . . of ofhistory o ohistory < history is how Custer hurdled hurdl4'd hurdl4d ' the themilitary Us UsmIlitary tr ; military promotion system and Bnd over overnlgbt overnight ovelnight , nlgbt night rose from a mere lieutenant iteutenan lieutenantto iteutenanto lieutenaito to a general All anyone knows know knowIs knowIs 18 Is that he 1cc returned to headquarleione hendquarlerone headquarters hendquarler headquartersone one day after being out on amI- amI amI.Ion a mil mis misaion & - .Ion Ion aion . ion " . . and chums greeted him a . . " General Custer thought they the thewers thewer wert wers kidding because becaue ! he always alwaysboa alwaysboa alwayboa boa rted Ited that he d be a 8 general be belIore be&fore b btfore < tfore lIore &fore fore & the war was over and he was wasaU wasall waall . aU all set et to start tar ! punching One of ofhis o ohis chis his friends grabbed him by the arm errs armand errsand errand and took him to his tent where he hefound he hefound hfound found an envelope containing his hiscommission his hiscommission hicommission commission addressed addreued to Brig Brigs Brigsdies Brigfdier . dier dies General George Georre : Armstrong Armatroni ArmstrongCulter ArmatroniCuster ArmstronCutter Culter Custer , Cuatcr CUllter Custer who waa was only onl onl23 23 years old fumed turned pale nlc and passed passedout passer passerout passeout out coldBuy coldBuy cold -Buy Buy - Buy Defense Delense Bonds- Bonds honda- honda Bondseaster hondaCuster Bonds BondsCnatcr - - Cnatcr easter Custer la Is the tbe maD man m D who turned the thetide theUde thtide tide Ude ot of the Civil war by saving laving the theUnion thUnion Union army from trom defeat at Gettys Gettya Gettyac Gettyaburg Gettyiburg \ bure burg At the time o of 01 ! the Battle BatUe Baltic 01 of oGettysburg c ' / . ! ' & Gettylburg Gettysburg he was about IS III 15 mile milee milees . , s aWIlY sway Way His Ws brigade had been or olL ( , 1\ 1 fi \ 14Sered fidered dered 4Sered ( alonff a1ona along with the rest of ot thvalr the the.valry th thAjB , AjB .valry valry . * valr valry ) to wait walt at Big floundtop Hound Round top topbere tor _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Where bere chere . Job Jeb .Teb Teb Stuart and hia his Confed Confederate Confedcrates Contcdw crates erate . were expected to attackStuart attack attackStuart Stuart tooled fooled the Yankees by at attackinJr attacking altacking tackinJr tacking from the opposite direction directionInstead directloiIngtead Instead Hearing Stuart s a gun gunAre gunftre gunflre Are ftre Custer disobeyed the order orders he hehad hehad h hhad < had received headed straight slralght to toward toward toward ward the Bound sound of 01 the guns gun * and andcharglne andcharging andcharging charglne charging four times stopped the theConfederate th thConfederate < Confederate forces dead in their theirtracks theirtracks thelitracks tracks But for tor Custer a s trl trigger triggerthinking triggeithinking "ger ger "gerthinking " thinking the Union armie armle armies . * . v . ssould ssouldhave . nuld nuldbave oulchave I bave have been routed at Gettyc Getty Gettyo ' " ' b bTbe k . The Tbe bitter Irony ' Is 15 thai that t J i mar man manwho manwho ; who waa was wa defeated ( becaua beca.J becaJ . . . . ( ct It ci Cus Custer Custel Cu Cuter ter tel- tel tela - a . coup ) ) was ritzhugh Fitzhugh Lee we the thedivisional thedivisional thedivisional divisional commander of the Con Confederate Confederate Confederate federate attack Lee was the Inatructor instructor in tructor atructor structor . * who f.tho ftho ho had saved aaved Custer trom from frombeing trombein frombeing bein being expelled from West Point by byreducin byreducing byreducing reducin reducing , hi his , demeritsDU7 demeritsBusy demerits -DU7 DU7 -Busy Busy - Boy Defence Defenae Defense honda- honda hondaOil Bonda Dond BondaOne _ - Oil One . of the Use ( tie greatest reate . & military mUltary wli wb wlz wlzards wlirda : ards rda of all aU time Cutter Custer was wa almost almostexpelled almostczpelled almostexpelled expelled czpelled from trom West Point ' ' for 'tor tor 'for hav hay havIna haying havIng Ina ing the wont worst record of any ny .tu tu eta etadent . .tudent tudent dent there Any cadet who whoeets whogets whogeta eets gets 100 demerit demerits . * ( over a period of.Ix ofsix of .Ix Ix six . Ix months ) lj is automatically toued tossed touedout tossedout tossedout out of the military academy Dur Dur- DurIne Dur- Dur Durlog During - - ing Ine log his hi * first ret rst half balf year at West Point PointCuster PointCustes PointCutter Custer Custes ' piled pUed up 129 demerits ( He Hewas Hewas Hewag was saedy aaved 1II"ed 1IIed ! " py by a sympathetic instruc insu-uc insu uc instructor insuuctar inslructor - tor tar who reduced them ) ) In his hisatudies hisstudies hi * tudles atudies studies he was at the bottom of hi his hisclass hijclas . class cla . * and probably the only reason reasonbe reasonhe reasonhe be he was graduated ifraduated was that the Civil Civilwar Civilwar Civilwar war started and the Union army armyneeded armyneeded armyneeded needed officers omcers omcersDuy omcersBuy -Duy Duy --Buy Buy - - - Buy Defense De1ellSe Bonds- Bonds BondsCuster Bonds Dond BondsCutter _ - Cutter Custer kiway alway always . believed in fightingSn fighting ghtlna ghtlnaan an Sn n enemy when he . saw .aw aw one with without without without out topping stopplna stopping ( : to consider the cost . , . When he was a kid he once once.ttended oncettended once'attended onceattended .ttended ttended . ' ttended a dance and noticed one oneof oneof oneof of hfs his hi * enemies poking pokina fun at him himoutside himoutside himoutside outside by making makln8 faces and gel ges gesturea geltures geturea * tures turea through throueb the window Cus Cue Custel Cueter Cuiter tel ter ' rushed up to the window and andpushed andpushed andpushed pushed his flat fist right rlabt : through thepane the thepane thepane pane into the guy guy't guyt guya " ' . 8nootBuy afootBuy cnoot 8noot afoot -Buy Buy - - Buy Defenje Defeue Defense ; Donda- Donda Bonds- Bonds DondaOuster BondsCuster Bonda BondaCoster - - Coster Ouster Custer waa was w * a . bowman abowman showman who knew knewhow knewtiow knewhow how tiow to do thinga things in a manner tha that thatbht thathit t tbit bit bht people between the eyes At the theend theend theend end of at the Civil CivU war the army pa paaded pafaded . * .ded ded -aded aded - . in review before the Presl Presi Presldent President President dent and other dignitaries dlenltarlell In front ofthe of ofthe ofthe the White House Hou.e Houe . Just as a he heapproached heapproached heapproached approached the reviewing . stand .tand tand his hisbone hishorse hiaborce bone horse reared and started to runaway runsway run away sway way With a flourish ftourlah flourlab . . . Custer Custermaateted Custermastefed Custermastered maateted mastefed tt it and onlookers cheered cheeredwUdly cheeredwildly cheeredwildly wUdly wildly as Custer , galloped alJoped back Intohis into intohis Intohis his place in line and passed paued the re rev1ewtn reviewing reviewing v1ewtn viewing ; . stand .tand tand a second time timeHe timelie timeHe He lie Insisted It was an accident , , butrivals but butrival butrivals rival rivals . argued araued : that his horse horae never neveracted neveracted neveracted acted up before or after alter that para ieDuy leBuy Ie le -Duy Duy -Buy Buy - Buy Defense Bonda- Bonda Bonds- Bonds BondaIt BondsIt Bonds BondsIt - It took a . month montb to make Custer II s IIlast slast slast last stand for the film ftlm firms ' ' They 'They Died DiedWith DiedWith DiedWith With Their Boots Boou On Historl Histori Historlans Historiens His torians ans ens believe the actual battle batUe couldnhave couldn t tbave thave bave have lasted lasttd ! more than from half to tothreQuarters tothreequarters tothree-quarters tothree quarters thre-Quarters thre Quarters three-quarters three & - - - of 01 an hour Cuater Custer a . amen smen men were so hopelessly outnum bered Although Althouah : SitUn Sitting , Bull is ia isusually iausually isusually usually credited with havln having been beenIn beenin beenin In charge chare , o of ( the llie massacre actuallyas actuallybe actually be was as 51 for far awaY sway ' ' from the batUe baLtic batUeas baLticas as his horse horae could get him As soon soonas soona soonas as a ' he heard of Custer s a defeat Sit Sit- Sitting Sitting . - ting Bull returned claiming claiminJr that thatbe tha thatbe t the he be had been in Ira the hills using hi his hispower hispower . power with the Indian gods to bring bringII bringabout bringabout II about bout victory viclory The Indians Indiansdidn Indiansdidn Indianadidn didn t t know until unlll after the baltle battle baltlethat battlethat battlethat that It was Custer they thev had been beentl.ghtlng beenfighting beenfighting tl.ghtlng tlghtlng fighting tl.ghtlng8uy fightinglluy . -8uy 8uy -lluy lluy - Buy Defense Bonds- Bonds BondsIn BondsIn Bonds BondsIn - In the picture plcturr piclurc this repa repartee rtee gets getsa a . howl The commanda comrnanja , t at atWest atWest atWest West Pint P int iet surnm surnrn sumnmn ns n8 na Custer Bnd and Bndthreaten andthreaten andthreaten ( ( threaten ng to expel him hien tor for ( or hav hay havlng haytog havIng lng tog a ftst fist flat fight tight with a ftil ft 11 II w cadet cadetasks ) ) ) asks him If he has arytl aryU arytt ing log u l to < sayI say sayI I 1 didn dldn didni t know says Clliter Clliterthat Ci aCer aCerthat tierthat that you could get fired firt'd firtd ' from thl the thearmy thearmy ' army ar-my ar my - for flghtlngBuy lightingBuy fighting flghtlng lighting -Buy Buy - Buy DefenBf Detenar Defense honda- honda hondaCuster Bondx Bond BondxCu _ - Coder Custer Cu ter was w Dutil nuts nut about boot onlonj on'oons onoons onions ' and andate andate andte ate them as though lliough th"y thy th.y th-'y th 'y y - " , . ' were ap appIes appies Bples pIes The last gift he received recei"t"d receitd " " from fromhi fromhis fromIs hi his . wife before be he ho died was a aarkof sackof sack aark sackof of onions onion . Whenever he was wasaway wasaway wa away way from his w wife Ue he d It , tit alt It up upUDill upuntil upunlil UDill until .lI lI all . ll bt hi h < urs un of the night writing writinghlD writinglong writinglong hlD long letter lelten letters * to her During one expedition expe expe4ltlOn < xpedition 4ltlOn dition . . he wrote Vtrote ssrote her a letter 80 paget page pagetlonl pagelong * , lonl long When Custer died . 1.1 11 s1 . LltUf Little LittleBig LittleBig ' DIS Big Horn the Indian Indians * who killed killedb.iin kll1e killedhim him b.iin biin . paid him hl-n hl n . - a tribute that 8howed showed 8howedthe showedthe thowedthe the respect even his enemies enemie . had hadfar hadfor hadtor far for him bJm . . Every man killed kWed in lit that thatbattle tha thatbattle , battle was scalpedexcept sealped-ecept sealped ecept sCaiped-except sCaiped except scalped - - except ] ( Cutter Culter Custer |
