Custer's Last Stand

Desperate for fame. Reckless for glory.

2012 2h 0mDir. Stephen Ives

7.0/ 10

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Overview

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.