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George Custer's Career

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George Custer was born in New Rumley , Ohio in 1839. He was not one of the brightest in his school. After graduating from high school he was recruited into the U.S Army. He was drafted into a cavalry unit, however he worked up from the bottom and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1866.He was in the military for quite some

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