Before making his last stand in the Battle of Little Bighorn, Gen. George Armstrong Custer was stationed in Alexandria. This is a short way of answering a question posed by Alexandria resident Cynthia ...

As a soldier, General Ulysses S. Grant had depended upon the able assistance of Ely S. Parker, a Seneca Indian. As president, Grant tried with little success to ensure peaceful relations with Native ...

On June 25, 1876, George Armstrong Custer rode into legend—and oblivion. During this military engagement, all 210 soldiers under Custer's immediate command were killed along Montana's Little Bighorn ...

The first major mistake in the career of George Armstrong Custer was his promotion to major-general during the Civil War: he flailed through Virginia with a cavalryman’s flair that killed as many of ...

"The thrilling and definitive biography of George Armstrong Custer's incredible Civil War years and the heroics that made him a legend From George Armstrong Custer's graduation from West Point to the ...

Americans were in shock in early July 1876. It wasn’t supposed to have been that way. It was the country’s centennial, after all, a time for a national party. Instead, stunning news came from the ...