"You ask me if I will not be glad when the last battle is fought so far as my country is concerned, I, of course, must wish for peace, and will be glad when the war is ended, but if I answer for myself alone, I must say that I shall regret to see the war end and I would be willing, yes glad, to see a battle every day during my life."
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Letter to his cousin, October 3, 1862. Reported in Jeffry D. Wert, Custer: The Controversial Life of George Armstrong Custer (1996) ch. 3, p. 59
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George Armstrong Custer
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. On June 25, 1876, while leading the Army's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the southeastern Montana Territory, he was killed along with every soldier of the five companies he led of his regiment. This event became known as "Custer's Last Stand".
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