George Armstrong Custer | Timeline

George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. (Wikipedia)

December 5, 1839 - New Rumley, Ohio - George Armstrong Custer is born
January(?) 1(?), 1856 - Hopedale, Ohio - Custer graduates from McNeely School
July 1, 1857 - West Point, New York - Custer enters West Point Academy as a cadet
June 24, 1861 - West Point, New York - Custer's 5-year course is shortened to 4 years with the outbreak of the American Civil War and he graduates from the Academy. =(START)
July 16, 1861 - Washington D.C. - Custer departs from Washington in McDowell's Union Army
July 21, 1861 - Fairfax /Prince William counties, Virginia - First battle of  BULL RUN - Confederate victory
September 17, 1862 - Sharpsburg, Maryland - Battle of Antietam - tactically inconclusive - Strategic victory of the Union

Custer and Staff, 1862

June 30, 1863 - Hanover, Pennsylvania - Inconclusive battle of Hanover
July 1, 1863 - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - First day of the Battle of GETTYSBURG
July 2, 1863 - Beaverdam Creek, Hunterstown, Pennsylvania - Skirmishes between Custer's Cavalry and the Confederate Cavalry
July 3, 1863 - East Cavalry Field, Pennsylvannia - Cavalry counterattacks on the last day of the battle - Union Victory
February 9, 1864 - Monroe, Michigan(?) - Custer marries Elizabeth Clift Bacon
May 5, 1864 - between Fredericksburg and Culpeper - Start of the battle of Wilderness
May 7, 1864 - between Fredericksburg and Culpeper - End of the battle of Wilderness - inconclusive
May 9, 1864 - West of Fredericksburg - Sheridan and Custer start raiding Richmond, the confederate Capital.
May 10, 1864 - Hanover Junction - Sheridan and Custer pass behind Robert E. Lee's army
May 11, 1864 - Yellow Tavern, North of Richmond - Battle of Yellow Tavern - Union victory
May 12, 1864 - Meadow Bridge, Northeast of Richmond - Battle of Meadow Bridge - Union victory
May 24, 1864 - Chesterfield, South of Richmond - Custer joins Grant in Chesterfield
June 5, 1864 - Northeast of Richmond - Sheridan and Custer receive orders to raid towards northeast and Charlottesville
June 11, 1864 - Southeast Gordonsville - Battle of Trevilian Station - Confederate victory
June 15, 1864 - Southwest of Fredericksburg - Sheridan and Custer return from the Battle of Trevilian - route to Grant
June 16, 1864 - Bowling Green, North of Hanover - Riding to South-southeast
June 18, 1864 - King and Queen Court House - Riding to southeast. Change in direction to southwest
June 24, 1864 - Charles City - Approaching James River
June 25, 1864 - James River - Custer crosses James River
June 28, 1864 - Petersburg - Arrival in Petersburg to join Grant
September 19, 1864 - Winchester, Virginia - Third Battle of Winchester - Union victory
November 1(?), 1864 - (around) Petersburg - Grant and Custer join the main army sieging Petersburg to spend the winter
March 2, 1865 - Waynesboro, Virginia - Battle of Waynesboro - Union victory
March 31, 1865 - Dinwiddie Court House (Southwest of Petersburg) - Battle of Dinwiddie Court House - Confederate victory
April 1, 1865 - Five Forks, Southwest of Petersburg - Battle of Five Forks - Union victory
April 9, 1865 - Appomattox, Virginia - Custer is present at the surrender of the Confederate Army at Appomattox Court House
June 27, 1865 - Alexandria, Louisiana - Custer arrives in Alexandria with an occupation force
August 15(?), 1865 - Hempstead, Texas - Custer arrives in Hempstead with an occupation force
October 1(?), 1865 - Austin, Texas - Custer relocates his division to Austin
February 1(?), 1866 - Austin, Texas - Custer musters out of U.S. volunteer service and takes an extended leave of absence
March(?) 1(?), 1866 - New York City - Extended leave of absence in New York. Custer considers options in mining and railroads.
April(?) 1(?), 1866 - New York City - Custer is forced by the Secretary of State to refuse to fight for Benito Juárez in México.
May 1(?), 1866 - Monroe, Michigan - Custer returns to Monroe after the death of his father-in-law
July 28, 1866 - Fort Riley, Kansas - Constitution of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, under Custer's command
August 27, 1866 - Washington D.C. - Custer accompanies President Andrew Johnson on a journey by train known as the "Swing Around the Circle" to build up public support for Johnson's policies towards the South
September 3, 1866 - Cleveland - Andrew Johnson's train stops in Cleveland
September 14, 1866 - Johnstown, Pennsylvania - Andrew Johnson's train stops in Johnstown
September 15, 1866 - Washington D.C. - The "Swing around the circle" train returns to Washington
March 26, 1867 - Fort Riley, Kansas - Custer and Hancock depart heading West
April 9, 1867 - Fort Larned - Arrival to Fort Larned. Violent snowstorm.
June 22, 1867 - Benkelman, Nebraska - The 7th Cavalry camps in Benkelman
June 24, 1867 - Benkelman - The camp is attacked by Pawnee indians. One soldier dead.
June 30, 1867 - Benkelman - The 7th Cavalry departs from Benkelman
July 12, 1867 - near Goodland, Kansas - Custer finds the bodies of the Kidder Massacre
November 18, 1868 - East of Fort Supply, Oklahoma - Custer helps establish Camp Supply
November 27, 1868 - Cheyenne, Oklahoma - Battle of the Washita River (Washita Massacre)
December 1(?), 1868 - Fort Cobb - Custer starts exchanging letters with Sheridan and Elizabeth, during 1869.
September 3, 1871 - Elizabethtown, Kentucky - Custer arrives in Elizabethtown
January 13, 1872 - South of North Platte, Nebraska - Hunting in Nebraska with Buffalo Bill and Duke Alexis of Russia
January 17, 1872 - Denver - Custer arrives in Denver by train, accompanying Duke Alexei
January 22, 1872 - Topeka - Custer arrives in Topeka by train, accompanying Duke Alexei
August 4, 1873 - Tongue River, Montana - First skirmishes against Lakota indians
July 2, 1874 - Bismarck, South Dakota - Custer departs in an expedition to the Black Hills, with intention of building a fort
July 22, 1874 - Custer, Black Hills - Custer establishes a camp that in the future would become the city of Custer
July 31, 1874 - Harney Peak - Arrival at Harney Peak
August 2, 1874 - Agnes Park - Arrival in Agnes Park
August 7, 1874 - Agnes Park - Custer shoots and kills a grizzly bear, forever claiming this to be his greatest achievement as a Hunter
August 15, 1874 - Agnes Park - The Expedition begins the return to Fort Lincoln
August 30, 1874 - South of Mandan, North Dakota (northwest of Bismarck) - Arrival in Fort Lincoln
March 15, 1876 - South of Mandan, North Dakota - Custer is summoned to Washington to testify at Congressional hearings. These concerned the corruption scandal involving U.S. Secretary of War William W. Belknap, President Grant's brother Orville, and traders at Army posts in Indian Country, who were charging troops double what they would have paid for the same goods in Bismarck, North Dakota
March 29, 1876 - Washington D.C. - Custer testifies in the War Department about the Trader Post Scandal
April 4, 1876 - Washington D.C. - Custer departs from Washington to his post in North Dakota, via Philadelphia
May 2, 1876 - Philadelphia - Custer departs to Chicago by train
May 3, 1876 - Chicago - Arrival in Chicago. President Grant orders Custer's arrest for leaving Washington without permission
May 5, 1876 - St.Paul, Minnesota - Custer arrives in St.Paul to meet Brigadier-General Terry
May 8, 1876 - Fort Snelling, Minnesota - Custer is informed at Fort Snelling that he was to lead the 7th Cavalry, but under Terry's direct supervision (although later he started operating independently from him)
May 17, 1876 - South of Mandan, North Dakota - Custer departs from Fort Lincoln
June 24, 1876 - Crow's nest - 23km east of Bighorn River - Custer approaches the site where indian tribes were gathering. He is detected on the following day
June 25, 1876 - Little Bighorn, Montana - George Armstrong Custer is killed in the Battle of Little Bighorn, against the Lakotas, northern Cheyenne and Arapaho indians =(END)