After catching the play, ‘Rosedale,’ featuring actor Lawrence Barrett, in St. Louis, Libbie and George Custer head for their new Army home at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest makes it into another major motion picture, this time as the name given to a medal presented to a villainous colonel in ‘One Battle After Another.’

George A. Custer promoted a fierce fighting spirit among Michigan soldiers in the Civil War. The Detroit Historical Society offers a traveling exhibit on contributions made by the state’s fighting men.

Following his heroics at Gettysburg and promotion to Major General, Joshua Chamberlain’s pay was bumped up to $457 a month ($9,433 in 2025 dollars.) How much did other Union generals make?

Western Indian fighter and author Charles King began his career during the Civil War as an orderly for his father, Union Brig. General Rufus King. He was born on Oct. 12, 1844.

On Oct. 11, 1867, an Army court finds Lt. Col. George A. Custer guilty of absence without authorization and unlawful killing of deserters.

George Armstrong Custer is laid to rest at West Point Cemetery on Oct. 10, 1877.

Chivalry of olden days lived for a moment on Oct. 9, 1864, as Yankee George A. Custer and Rebel general Thomas Rosser saluted one another prior to initiating a battle. The fight became known as “The Woodstock Races.”

On Oct. 8, 1876, Libbie Custer pens a letter asking creators of a fund supporting widow’s of men killed at Little Bighorn to include the spouses of two officers.

Hardtack, a simple, dry cracker, was a staple food source for soldiers at posts in the West in the 1870s.

‘Custer Luck’ was the name given to George A. Custer’s uncanny streak of good fortune early in his career. Army general and military hero Winfield Scott played a role in one such episode.

Col. Wesley Merritt and troops from the 5th Cavalry Regiment arrive at Mill Creek in Colorado on Oct. 5, 1879, and rescue survivors of an earlier attack by Ute warriors.

Sheet music for ‘Camp Custer March’ is published on Oct. 4, 1909.

George Custer and his wife had as many as 80 dogs with them during their marriage. One military orderly even held the job of dog keeper for the couple.

Lt. General Winfield Scott probably wouldn’t cut in in today’s U.S. Army. Learn more about this portly war hero of yore.

George A. Custer may have picked up a case of typhoid fever while serving under Union Gen. Philip Kearny in Washington, D.C., in the fall of 1861.

George A. Custer is reinstated to command of the 7th Cavalry on Sept. 30, 1868, following a year’s suspension after a court-martial conviction for leaving his troops without authorization.

Horace Greeley gets credit for saying, “Go West, young man!” in the 1860s. But, Indiana newspaper editor John B.L. Soule is believed to have first written that line on Sept. 29, 1851.

A group of Army scouts and troopers hang on for nine days for help to arrive after the Battle of Beecher Island in present-day Colorado. Cheyenne war leader Roman Nose is killed in the fighting.

Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan tells George Custer in a Sept. 24, 1868 telegraph the Army would begin pursuing Indian tribes during the winter months of 1868-69.