MONROE, Mich. (WXYZ) — Monday marks Indigenous People’s Day. Started as an alternative to Columbus Day, it brings recognition to native peoples’ histories ...

“Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America” by T.J. Stiles (Alfred A. Knopf, 582 pages, $30) Dozens if not scores of books have been written about George Armstrong Custer (nicknamed ...

DALLAS — A lock of blond hair that experts believe came from Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, the flamboyant officer who perished at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, was sold at auction Saturday ...

The wrath of President Grant -- Glorious war -- Chasing shadows on the plains -- Death along the Washita -- Battling Sioux in Yellowstone country -- Black Hills, red spirits -- Prelude to war -- First ...

It’s hard to find a public figure in American history more divisive than the dashing Civil War hero and Plains Indian fighter George Armstrong Custer. To some, he was a romantic Western hero, to ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In June 1861, George Armstrong Custer graduated last in his West Point class of thirty-four. With the start of the ...

George Armstrong Custer, shown in an 1859 photograph as a 19-year-old West Point cadet in his summer furlough uniform, and in a later undated photo, will be the subject of a talk by biographer T.J.

Taken in 1876 at Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory, this photo shows three members of Gen. George Armstrong Custer's family dressed to play charades. Custer's sister, Maggie (left), his ...

A lock of blond hair that experts believe came from Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, the flamboyant officer who perished at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, was sold at auction Saturday for ...

DALLAS — A lock of blond hair that experts believe came from Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, the flamboyant officer who perished at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, was sold at auction Saturday ...