How Did Custer Change After The Civil War

Custer’s Fall, A book about the fall of Custer and his men told from the Native American side of the story, both compared and contrasted to my previous book Cavalier In Buckskin, which is told more from the American military side of the story. Mainly how dramatically different General Custer was portrayed among the whites and the Native Americans. Both of these stories compared and contrasted how General Custer was on the battlefield dramatically portrayed differently from whites to the Natives. Before the Wars against the Natives began little to no Native Americans even knew who George Armstrong Custer was. On the other hand practically every American knew who the General was, a graduate from West Point and decorated Civil War Veteran. This would all change after the Civil War, Custer would slowly begin to lose all the great aspects that he had during the Civil War. He began to be more hard headed and selfish over the course of his military career. One story is that he led his men on a march across the plains to see his wife. He would get court martialed for this action because on this march he abandoned three of his men who were injured. “Even today, most Americans are

The Native Americans did not know this until the Battle of Little Bighorn. Custer was expecting a drastically small force of Native Americans to try and attack him as he came upon the ridge at Little Bighorn. “ Custer was uncertain as to how many hostiles lay hidden behind the ridge, and it seemed unlikely a mere handful would have the audacity to challenge him.” (Miller 127). This shows how much confidence Custer had in himself and his men. He believed that he would slaughter the Natives and win in a decisive battle. This overconfidence would ultimately lead to his death. The Native Americans would take advantage of this overconfidence in a remarkable way not losing any men during the