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George Armstrong Custer  

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  • George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876) served with distinction in the Civil War (1861–1865), earning the rank of brigadier general. At war's end, rather than return to civilian life, he accepted a reduction in rank and transferred to the American West to protect settlers. [Source: Encyclopedia of United States Indian Policy and Law; Custer, George Armstrong]

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