GENERAL CUSTER - THE STORY OF YELLOWHAIR

George Armstrong Custer is one of military history's most colourful characters, a flamboyant and dashing commander. It is said that 'cometh the hour, cometh the man' and Custer's appearance on the battlefields of American in the mid-1800s fits this perfectly. A failure at West Point, he made his name fighting the Federal Cavalry during the American Civil War where he earned his nickname 'the boy general'. The dashing and ambitious Custer often flouted military convention, placing his trust instead in his famous 'luck' which, unfortunately for him, ran out during the Battle of the Little Bighorn. This programme features spectacular battle reconstructions, period imagery and 'interviews' with the man himself. Narrated by Bob Sessions
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[norseleague]

General Custer was cool but history vastly misrepresents the truth. Oversimplified bullshit about him . They apply todays' way fo thinking to the way it simply wasn't back then. There was a forever war back then much like viet nam-just who was your friend and just who is the enemy?

[candr]

Not be to picky but Custer was not a General he was a Lieutenant Colonel. After the Civil war his battle field promotion was recended and he became a Captain in 1866 and returned to 5th Cavalry. It took him untill the Little Big Horn to make it to Lieutenant Colonel. The term General was onlyan honorary term but not an official rank.

[windstorm1000]

Biggest fool in the army--and an Indian hater. Their was NOTHING remarkable about this man!! Con man!! "Journey to immortality?" you got to be kidding!!!