Cus·ter 
(kŭstər), George Armstrong 1839-1876.
(kŭstər), George Armstrong 1839-1876. American soldier. A brigadier general at age 23, he was killed and his troops annihilated by Lakota and Cheyenne warriors led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse at Little Bighorn.
George Armstrong Custerphotographed in the early 1860s