Born in New Rumley, Ohio, George A. Custer grew up in Monroe in the home of his half-sister, Mrs. David Reed. February 9, 1864, in the Presbyterian Church here, he married Libbie Bacon, only daughter of Judge Daniel S. Bacon.

During the Civil War, he received six brevets and was made Major-General before he was 26 years old, a rare distinction.

From 1866 until his death at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, General Custer commanded the famous Seventh Cavalry Regiment, leading them in scouting and Indian fighting throughout Kansas and the Dakota Territory.

The statue of General Custer, created by Edward C. Potter was erected by the State of Michigan, unveiled by Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer and dedicated by President William Howard Taft, June 4, 1910.

The statue was rededicated September 3, 1955 by the First Cavalry Division of which Custer's Seventh Cavalry Regiment was a part.

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