George Armstrong Custer's Leadership Qualities

My character is George Armstrong Custer. He was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and American Indian Wars. He is better known for leading more than 200 of his men to their deaths in the notorious Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876, otherwise known as Custer's last stand.
George Custer was born December 5, 1839, in New Rumley, Ohio. He was one of five children. At a young age he was sent to live with an older half sister and brother in law in Monroe, Michigan, and spent much of his childhood bouncing between both states. After high school he worked odd jobs to help pay his way, eventually earning a teaching certificate. Custer had set his goals higher than being a teacher and set his eyes on the military academy at West Point. He lacked qualifications that many of the other candidates had, his confidence won over a local congressman, and with the congressman's recommendation, in 1857 Custer was enrolled at the school. Although Custer wished to climb to a higher rank in life, Custer was prone to misbehavior, and was frequently disciplined. In 1861 near Washington D.C His association with several important officers helped his career.
Custer had some great achievements, he led a cavalry charge that prevented Confederate troops from turning the Union flank. One of Custer's finest hours in …show more content…
Because of his recklessness he got many men injured or killed and in the end Custer got himself killed. Because of this Custer affected how the war would turn out against the Indians. The battle of Little Bighorn would be the last victory for the American Plains Indian. If the U.S had accomplished what they hoped, to return the Indians to reservations, it would have just been another Indian uprising put to rest. All would have been the same, except the Indians and their way of life would have been destroyed

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