On the anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, here’s a look at photos and depictions of Civil War figure George Armstrong Custer from the collections at the Library of Congress.

On June 25, 1876, General George Armstrong Custer was killed along with more than 200 soldiers at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, a shocking defeat that became known as “Custer’s Last Stand.” Long before that fateful day, Custer made a name for himself during the Civil War, where his dashing manner and courage under fire first came to public attention and landed him on the cover of Harper’s Weekly. Custer fought in the first major battle of the war at Bull Run, led cavalry charges at Gettysburg, and was at Appomattox for General Robert E. Lee’s surrender. Throughout the war he posed for numerous photographs in the field and in studios. Here’s a look at some of those images, from the archives of the Library of Congress.

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