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Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1839 - 1876

Biography

George Armstrong Custer; b. Dec. 5, 1839 in New Rumley, Ohio; d. June 25, 1876 at Little Bighorn River, Montana Territory; U.S. cavalry officer; graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., 1861; served in the Civil War, became brigadier general; killed at Battle of Little Bighorn.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Account of Custer's fight on Little Bighorn

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306216]
Identifier: MSS SC 860

Robert Spurrier Ellison papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 568
Scope and Contents

Microfilmed copies of handwritten and typescripts of interview notes, correspondence, general notes, and lists. The materials relate primarily to the Indian wars of North America from 1866 to 1895. The original materials reside in the Ellison--Camp collection at the Denver Public Library. The items were initialy created and collected by Walter Mason Camp with some materials generated by Robert Ellison. Also included are typescripts of some of the items.

Dates: 1865-1925

Hugh Shick papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2463
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten notes, indexes, and bibliographies relating to George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, and the Seventh Calvary.

Dates: 1923-1971

With the Indian and the buffalo in Montana

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233290342]
Identifier: Vault MSS 498
Scope and Contents

Detailed handwritten account of his activities during the campaigns against the Cheyenne, Sioux, and Nez Perce tribes during the 1870s. His unit was the first on the scene of Custer's massacre on the Little Bighorn (1876), and he describes the battlefield in great depth, and also provides personal speculations on the specifics of the fight.

Dates: 1925

Filtered By

  • Subject: Cheyenne Indians X
  • Subject: Military X

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Cheyenne Indians -- Wars, 1876 2
Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1876 2
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 2
Notes 2
Adobe Walls, Battle of, Tex., 1874 1