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35 Historical Figures photographed in the 19th Century

13. George Armstrong Custer

Bild: National Portrait Gallery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Born in 1839, he is best known for his defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn. George Custer had a reputation as a poor leader and a fool and he graduated at the bottom of his class from the military academy.


He was killed during the event that came to be known as Custar’s Last Stand.