was born on this date in 1839. The PBS series The West has a fair essay on his life, career and legacy.
Custer’s blunders cost him his life but gained him everlasting fame. His defeat at the Little Bighorn made the life of what would have been an obscure 19th century military figure into the subject of countless songs,
books and paintings.
NewMexiKen is partial to this photographic legacy.