What can you tell me about George Custer’s brother, Capt. Tom Custer? Channing Greene Dakota City, Iowa George Custer was the dominant personality in the Seventh Cavalry. He was an outstanding cavalry officer, possessed with dash and élan. He was flamboyant and the darling of the press. Everyone else, including his younger brother Tom, was part of the supporting cast. Tom enlisted in the Ohio infantry in 1861. When commissioned a second lieutenant in the Michigan cavalry in 1864, he was ass
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