George Armstrong Custer famous quotes

05-15-2025

There are far more statues of soldiers out there than there are of civilians.
-- George Armstrong Custer

#War #Soldier #Conflict
There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry.
-- George Armstrong Custer

#World #Defeat #Enough
I would be willing, yes glad, to see a battle every day during my life.
-- George Armstrong Custer

#Battle #Would Be #Glad
My purpose is to make my narrative as truthful as possible.
-- George Armstrong Custer

#Truth #Purpose #Narrative
Previous to this time I had never even a balloon except from a distance. Being interested in their construction, I was about to institute a thorough examination of all its parts, when the aeronaut announced that all was ready. He inquired whether I desired to go up alone, or he should accompany me. My desire, if frankly expressed, would have been not to go up at all; but if I was to go, company was certainly desirable. With an attempt at indifference, I intimated that he might go along.
-- George Armstrong Custer

#Distance #Desire #Examination
The Seventh can handle anything it meets.
-- George Armstrong Custer

#Handle
If I were an Indian...I would greatly prefer to cast my lot among those of my people who adhere to the free open plains, rather than submit to the confined limits of a reservation.
-- George Armstrong Custer

#People #Limits #Reservations
You ask me if I will not be glad when the last battle is fought, so far as the 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.
-- George Armstrong Custer

#Country #Regret #War
I appeal to you as a soldier to spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy and I not share its dangers.
-- George Armstrong Custer

#War #Soldier #Enemy
Hurrah Boys! Let's get these last few reds then head on back to camp. Hurrah!
-- George Armstrong Custer

#Boys #Lasts #Last Words

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