High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Elizabeth Bacon Custer (April 8, 1842 - April 4, 1933) was the wife of General George Armstrong Custer. After his death, she became an outspoken advocate for her husband`s legacy through her popular books and lectures. Largely as a result of her endless campaigning on his behalf, Custer`s iconic portrayal as the gallant fallen hero amid the glory of `Custer’s Last Stand` was a canon of American history for almost a century after his death.