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George Armstrong Custer was a West Point graduate who became famous as a Civil War general and an Indian fighter on the Plains. He was a flamboyant but hardworking and faithful. He strove to be great, and he wanted to leave a place in history. He was popular b ....

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.... always on the brink of dismissal, but he was able to control himself when it was necessary. Custer knew what he could get away with without being dismissed from the academy, and he enjoyed going to the edge but not over it. The fellow cadets loved Custer for his fun-loving and joking ways. Though Custer was frequently punished for his behavior, he understood why he was at the Academy, and wanted to make something of himself. At the Academy, Custer became a good writer. He felt the need to write throughout his lifetime, and it was an integral part of his character as was his courage, ambition, and joyful nature. He ended up graduating last in h ....