George Armstrong Custer: Cocky Military Officer or America's Version of Leonidas at Thermopylae?

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History Unplugged

Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 20 June 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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George Armstrong Custer had a storied military career—from cutting his teeth at Bull Run in the Civil War, to his famous and untimely death at Little Bighorn in the Indian Wars. But what was his legacy? Was he a brilliant desperado sadly cut down too early in his life or a foolish glory seeker who needlessly led his men to death, getting a just end for his brutal treatment of Indians?

Custer, having graduated last in his class at West Point, went on to prove himself again and again as an extremely skilled cavalry leader. But Custer’s undoing was his bold and cocky attitude, which caused the Army’s bloodiest defeat in the Indian Wars. We will look at all these aspects of his character in this episode.

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9:29.2	Custer came from a humble background
9:30.8	and got ahead on ability and courage.
9:32.8	He was a risk taker who traded on his accomplishments,
9:35.8	not his background or birth.
9:37.8	He was at his best in situations
9:39.8	where quick decisions were needed.
9:41.8	And he also had luck, again, at least until it ran out,
9:44.8	when he arrived on the national scene at the right time.
9:47.8	He was a natural warfighter
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