SEVENTH CAVALRY

a cavalry regiment which was commanded by George Armstrong Custer and massacred by the Sioux Indians in 1876. See also Little Bighorn and Sioux Indians in this glossary. —PDC Volume 5 Approved Glossary

a cavalry unit of the United States Army, organized in the 1860s and led by US cavalry officer George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876). In 1876, Custer led the Seventh Cavalry (consisting of well over 200 men) to their doom at the Battle of Little Big Horn, a historic battle fought between the US cavalry and the Indians, which resulted in the death of every man of the unit.a cavalry regiment which was commanded by George Armstrong Custer and massacred by the Sioux Indians in 1876. See also Little Bighorn and Sioux Indians in this glossary.a cavalry regiment which was commanded by George Armstrong Custer in 1876. See also Custer in this glossary.