Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876
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 16 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Kuhlman collection on the Battle of the Little Big Horn
Collection includes correspondence with Custer historians (indexed), writings concerning the battle, research and reference files (indexed), maps and photographs of the battle site, biographical material on Kuhlman, memorabilia, and other papers. Correspondents include Earl Alonzo Brininstool, Fred Dustin, Robert Spurrier Ellison, W. A. Falconer, Edward Smith Luce, and Elwood L. Nye.
Portrait of One Feather, 1876
Portrait of One Feather
Hugh Shick papers
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.
Walter Mason Camp writings, between 1910 and 1923
Contains drafts of the planned book, articles, and speeches written by Camp on the 7th Cavalry. These include materials from "Death of F. F. Gerard, a Custer Scout," "Some of the Indian Battles and Battlefield, Order of the Indian Wars Address," and "The Story of Custer and the Seventh Cavalry."
With the Indian and the buffalo in Montana
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.
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- Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 5
- Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1876 3
- Cheyenne Indians -- Wars, 1876 2
- Dakota Indians -- Photographs 2
- Gelatin silver prints 2
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- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 -- Photographs 2
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- Nez Percé Indians -- Wars, 1877 2
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- Adobe Walls, Battle of, Tex., 1874 1
- Anthropology 1
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- Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 1
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- Cheyenne Indians -- History 1
- Cheyenne Indians -- Wars -- History -- Sources 1
- Clark County (Ill.) -- History 1
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- Dakota Indians -- History 1
- Fort Fetterman (Wyo.) -- History 1
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- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Mont.) 1
- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Mont.) -- Maps 1
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- Nez Percé Indians -- History 1
- Pawnee Indians -- History 1
- Piegan Indians -- History 1
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- Territorial Government 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literary collections 1
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