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Last of the Cavaliers Custer and his troubled rise
A historical reminiscence on George Armstrong Custer, from his boyhood in Ohio to West Point and Civil War meteoric rise, and final death at the Little Big Horn. The piece portrays him as the last of the cavaliers, his fame rooted in bravery, romance, and a fatal Charge into a vastly superior Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe force.
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