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Events on Sunday 25 June 1876 2
1839 – 1876George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876)Died 25 June 1876, aged 36George Armstrong Custer was a US Army officer who rose to fame as a cavalry commander in the Civil War. He was killed with his command at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876.
1876Battle of the Little BighornLakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho forces defeat the US 7th CavalryOn June 25-26, 1876, warriors led by Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, inspired by Sitting Bull, annihilated five companies of the US 7th Cavalry under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer near the Little Bighorn River in Montana. The defeat shocked the American public during its centennial year and hastened the Army campaign to force Plains tribes onto reservations.