Custer's Last Stand

Also known as American Experience: Custer's Last Stand, Custer's Last Stand (American Experience), Custer's Last Stand: American Experience

“Desperate for fame. Reckless for glory.”

Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, untimely death on the windswept Plains of the West. On June 26, 1876, Custer, a reputation for fearless and often reckless courage ordered his soldiers to drive back a large army of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors. By day's end, Custer and nearly a third of his army were dead.