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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 16 Collections and/or Records:

Account of Custer's fight on Little Bighorn

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

Claude Bartlett papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 322
Scope and Contents

Research materials including notes on Indian warfare, the history of Clark County, Illinois, sundry newspaper clippings and postcards concerning the Battle of the Little Big Horn and a few pieces of correspondence.

Dates: date not identified

Bloody Knife : Custer's favorite scout

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2655
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book drafts with handwritten corrections. The item is a biography of the Indian scout who served under George Armstrong Custer. The manuscript was submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.

Dates: 1973

The Custer adventure : as told by its participants

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322783]
Identifier: MSS SC 2665
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book draft with handwritten corrections. Upton compiled primary sources to tell the story of the Little Bighorn campaign of 1876. The item was submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.

Dates: 1975

Custer, calvary, and Crows

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2660
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book draft with handwritten corrections. The item is a biography of William Henry White (1851-1938) who was a Montana pioneer, Indian fighter, and one of the command which buried the dead on the Custer battlefield in June of 1876. The item was submitted to the Old Army Press by Mrs. Theodore Heil for publication.

Dates: approximately 1930

Custer centennial observance

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2667
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book drafts with handwritten corrections. The materials include notes, resource materials, and transcripts. The items were edited by Michael J. Koury. These materials relate to the books "Custer Centennial Observance" and "To Consecrate this Ground: The Custer Battlefield 1876-1976." The items were submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.

Dates: 1976

George A. and Elizabeth B. Custer papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 364
Scope and Contents

This collection includes miscellaneous correspondence of both Custers including military reports and orders, newspaper clippings, and two patents issued to G. A. Custer. Correspondents include Edwin. M. Stanton, Zachariah Chandler, Reuben E. Fenton, Andrew Johnson, Lawrence Barrett, William T. Sherman, Nelson A. Miles, B. O. Aylesworth, and A. B. Ostrander.

Dates: 1857-1929

The Custer tragedy : events leading up to and following the Litte Big Horn Campaign of 1876

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231055564]
Identifier: MSS 1414
Scope and Contents

Typescripts with corrections of a book draft by Dustin. Also included is a carbon copy of another draft.

Dates: 1939

Robert J. Ege book drafts

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230218163]
Identifier: MSS 1705
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book drafts with handwritten corrections. The materials are early versions later published. "Curse not his Curls" is about George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. "Strike Them Hard" is about a massacre of Piegan Indians on the Marias River on 23 Jan. 1870. These items were submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.

Dates: 1970-1974

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

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  • Subject: Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 X

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Type
Collection 13
Archival Object 2
Digital Record 1
 
Subject
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 14
Military 11
Politics, Government, and Law 11
Drafts (Documents) 7
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 5