although this movie be inaccurate overall and there be some item that may be true . certainly and he be a wild character in his youth and have play practical joke on his fellow cadet at west point and almost expel several time and graduate last in his class ( of 34 ) and and often reckless in his leadership during the civil war . but history may have make him a scape goat of the indian war . certainly and he do his share of cruel thing and but how much be he under order . also and there be evidence that he testify before congress ( at great risk to his commission and command ) that he argue about the fairness of break treaty with the indian and that if he be an indian he would also fight rather than live on a reservation . a a character say in the play 1776 when ask what will be say about the british about lose the revolutionary war and the character state history will do what it always do . it will lie . who know how bad a man custer be . certainly he wasn not the sympathetic character a portray by errol flynn and later by ronald reagan . but i also doubt he be completely evil a he be later portray .