"George Armstrong Custer"
by Frances Barnum,
Chilmark Pewter Studios Civil War, Western, American Indian Fine Art collections sculpture & statue.
10"h.
Limited to: 950 pc's.
Young, pretentious and controversial, George Armstrong Custer compiled an outstanding war record. He fought in
virtually every battle of the Civil War for the Union's Army of the Potomac from First Bull Run until Lee's surrender at Appomattox. In 1862, General Alfred Pleasanton, chief of the revitalized Federal Cavalry, was so
impressed with Custer's ability and dash that he promoted him from captain to brigadier general. George A. Custer, at 23, became the youngest officer in the union army to reach general's rank.
Custer once again
distinguished himself as a heroic leader at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia. At the battle's end, Custer took Generals Richard S. Ewell, George Washington, Curtis Lee, Joseph Kershaw and James P. Simms prisoner. In
all, over seven thousand men were captured, the largest group capture of any single battle during the war.
In October 1864, Custer was promoted to major general of the Volunteers for his valor at Cedar Creek. His
greatest Civil War triumph however, was his relentless pursuit of |
