George Armstrong Custer

George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. He was one of the forgotten exhibits in the basement of the Smithsonian Institution. He was in a plastic bag that was hanging from a beam.
He was a major character in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and was portrayed by Bill Hader.
==Appearances==
===Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian===
Custer first appears in Battle of the Smithsonian when he is awakened by the Tablet of Ahkmenrah in the basement of the Smithsonian Institution. 
While Larry is being chased by Kahmunrah's soldiers, Custer appears driving a motorbike with an attached sidecar and calls Larry over to take the wheel and when he does they charge at the soldiers. Custer later falls out of the side car, is captured by the soldiers and kept hostage with Larry's friends. He, along with Larry's friends, later participates in the Battle of the Smithsonian. It is uncertain if he ever returned to his respective place in the museum before sunrise.
== Real-Life George Custer==
Raised in Michigan and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1858, where he graduated last in his class. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Custer was called to serve with the Union Army.
Custer developed a strong reputation during the Civil War. He fought in the first major engagement, the First Battle of Bull Run. His association with several important officers helped his career, as did his success as a highly effective cavalry commander. Custer was eventually promoted to the temporary rank (brevet) of major general and promoted major general of Volunteers. (At war's end, he reverted to his permanent rank of captain.) At the conclusion of the Appomattox Campaign, in which he and his troops played a decisive role, Custer was present at General Robert E. Lee's surrender.
After the Civil War, Custer was dispatched to the west to fight in the American Indian Wars. Custer and all the men with him were killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, fighting against a coalition of Native American tribes in a battle that has come to be popularly known in American history as "Custer's Last Stand." Custer and his men were defeated so decisively in this battle that the Battle of the Little Bighorn has overshadowed all his prior achievements.
== Trivia ==
* George Custer actually is apart of a merchandise line, being the 8th toy in the McDonald's 2009 Battle of the Smithsonian release.
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