US Army commander George Armstrong Custer, a flamboyant Civil War hero, met his demise in 1876 when his entire command was defeated and wiped out by the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Custer of the West
Custer's reverence for the chivalrous legacy of the Cavalry and his reluctance to accept the rising tide of industrialization propel him towards a fateful confrontation at Little Big Horn.
