Quoting: Thug
I assumed Custer was a mere Colonel
Actually he did die a colonel,,,but he achieved the high rank of Brigadier in the civil war. Maybe the youngest general ever,,,if you don't count LaFayette at 19 (and I don't). When the war ended the Army basically fired all unessential permisterel, he had to take the demotion just to stay in,,,since there was nobody to fight except unruly indians, they sent him to Dakota,,,thus endith the history lesmister,,,ooh, ooh, wait a minute, one more thing, the half starved braves, elderly and sqwas were on the reservation,,,it's because they were starving that a few thousand well trained warriors got together and trapped and *******ed a small platoon who had the misfortune of being led by a man looking for a fight.
P.S. Just about everyone of his peers, and Washington in general, despised him.