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Custer’s Ancestry and Last Stand Told in New Stories
The article traces General George A. Custer’s Hessian ancestor Kus ter who stayed in America after Yorktown and anglicized the name Kuster to Custer. It recounts Custer’s Civil War service, rise to lieutenant colonel, and the doomed Montana campaign where he led a three‑detachment force and rode into battle against the Sioux at Little Bighorn, with Montana scout George Herendeen witnessing the final moments.
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