To get a sense of just how divisive George Armstrong Custer was during his short life, one need only consult a couple of the Union Army officer’s post-Civil War press clippings. In 1866, The New York ...

Only days before the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Union army cavalry Lt. George A. Custer dug a black velveteen jacket out of his bags. The coat was double-breasted — the kind generals wore — and ...

Here’s another Custer biography, purportedly of the “real” man, as if other writers haven’t tried to capture that elusive “real” creature—but despite its redundancies, Robbins delivers a book about as ...

Part One: Rise 1839-1865. The Accused ; The Observer ; The Protégé ; The Prodigy ; The Women ; The General ; The Hero ; The Victor -- Part Two: Fall 1865-1876. The ...

On Tuesday at 7 p.m., Montana viewers will get a first look at a new biography of Lt. Col. George A. Custer on “American Experience,” an acclaimed history series produced for PBS. The premiere of ...

THE experiences of a woman in rough-and-ready campaigning must necessarily be interesting. There is a novelty in her position and in her view of men’s affairs which is unfailing, and to this is added ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. George Armstrong Custer surely ranks with the Roosevelts and Kennedys as a target for biographers. It’s easy to see the appeal: ...

He and his friends called it “Custer luck.” He could laugh about it because he possessed it in abundance. Bullets literally bounced off him during the Civil War — he would’ve been hard to miss as he ...