To set the scene, we see Custer standing on his horse in front of his men, sword, and revolver in hand. Ahead of him is a horde of Confederate cavalry hell bend on crashing into the rear of the Union army at Gettysburg. The only thing standing between victory and disaster, is 600 raw recruits, armed with outdated pistols and sabers. The fate of American history rested in the hands of one 23 years old general. George Armstrong Custer, who only mouths earlier was fired in disgrace. Despite being outnumbered and outgunned Custer charged the flanking confederates across an open field yelling “Come on you wolverines!” to his men. A disparate melee ensued with more than 200 cavalrymen killed but Custer saved the Army of the Potomac from disaster, and a star was born. When we think of Custer, images of 9th grade history class flash in our mind. We think of his: last stand, the genocide of native Americans, and the tragic concision manifest density. We never think about his role in the Civil War. Before Custer`s last stand, he was known for being the youngest general in American history who fought shoulder to shoulder with the men through thick and thin. His daring raids and charges gained worldwide fame. Journalists loved Custer and preferred interviews with him over full generals. Custer was the last of his kind, a member of a dying breed of soldiery, the cavalier, who preferred to fight with a sword over a gun.
