Fort Custer (Montana)

Fort Custer
Crow Indian Reservation, Big Horn County, about 1 mile west of I-90 and 2 miles southeast of Hardin, Montana
Site information
Controlled by	United States

Site history
Built	1877
In use	1877–1898
Battles/wars	Indian Wars
Garrison information
Past commanders	Lieut.-Colonel George P. Buell, 11th Infantry Captain George K. Sanderson, Company C, 11th Infantry Colonel Albert G. Brackett, 2nd Cavalry Lt. Col. Andrew J. Alexander 2nd Cavalry Colonel John P. Hatch, 2nd Cavalry Colonel Nathan Dudley, 1st Cavalry Colonel Abraham K. Arnold, 1st Cavalry Lieut.-Colonel David Perry, 10th Cavalry Major Stevens Thompson Norvell, 10th Cavalry Lt. Col. Arron S. Daggett, 25th Infantry Lieut. Samuel D. Freeman, 10th Cavalry
Garrison	Second Cavalry First Cavalry Tenth Cavalry

Fort Custer was established during the Indian wars in the Department of Dakota by the U.S. Army to subjugate the Sioux, Cheyenne and Crow Indians near present-day Hardin, Montana. The post was named for General George Armstrong Custer who died at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.