Fort Custer was established during the Indian wars in the Department of Dakota by the U.S. Army to subjugate the Sioux, Cheyenne and Crow Indians near present-day Hardin, Montana. The post was named for General George Armstrong Custer who died at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
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| - Fort Custer was established during the Indian wars in the Department of Dakota by the U.S. Army to subjugate the Sioux, Cheyenne and Crow Indians near present-day Hardin, Montana. The post was named for General George Armstrong Custer who died at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
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Commanders
| - Lieut.-Colonel George P. Buell, 11th Infantry
Captain George K. Sanderson, Company C, 11th Infantry
Colonel Albert G. Brackett, 2nd Cavalry
Lt. Col. Andrew J. Alexander 2nd Cavalry
Colonel John P. Hatch, 2nd Cavalry
Colonel Nathan Dudley, 1st Cavalry
Colonel Abraham K. Arnold, 1st Cavalry
Lieut.-Colonel David Perry, 10th Cavalry
Major Stevens Thompson Norvell, 10th Cavalry
Lt. Col. Arron S. Daggett, 25th Infantry
Lieut. Samuel D. Freeman, 10th Cavalry
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Location
| - Crow Indian Reservation, Big Horn County, about 1 mile west of I-90 and 2 miles southeast of Hardin, Montana
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| - Fort Custer was established during the Indian wars in the Department of Dakota by the U.S. Army to subjugate the Sioux, Cheyenne and Crow Indians near present-day Hardin, Montana. The post was named for General George Armstrong Custer who died at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
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