General Custer The Story of Yellow Hair

George Armstrong Custer is one of military historys most colourful characters a flamboyant and dashing commander It is said that cometh the hour cometh the man and Custers appearance on the battlefields of America in the mid1800s fits this saying perfectly A failure at West Point he made his name fighting the Federal Cavalry during the American Civil War where he earned his nickname the Boy General The dashing and ambitious Custer often flouted military convention placing his trust instead in his famous luck which unfortunately for him ran out during the Battle of the Little Bighorn This programme features battle reconstructions period imagery and interviews with the man himself