The Life Of George Armstrong Custer
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George Armstrong Custer was a West Point graduate who became famous
as a Civil War general and an Indian fighter on the Plains. He was a
flamboyant but hardworking and faithful. He strove to be great, and he
wanted to leave a place in history. He was popular because he accepted
group standards ....
Middle of paper
.... and the importance of selective
obedience. He was always on the brink of dismissal, but he was able to
control himself when it was necessary. Custer knew what he could get away
with without being dismissed from the academy, and he enjoyed going to the
edge but not over it. The fellow cadets loved Custer for his fun-loving
and joking ways. Though Custer was frequently punished for his behavior,
he understood why he was at the Academy, and wanted to make something of
himself. At the Academy ....
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