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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 45 Collections and/or Records:

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

Hugh Shick western photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 714
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs, postcards, and some corresponding acetate negatives of George A. Custer and war scenes. There are also general western scenes. Also includes portraits of Native American scouts, warriors, and other individuals. There are original photographs and copies of original photographs or paintings. Dated approximately 1906-1965.

Dates: approximately 1906-1965

Walter Mason Camp writings, between 1910 and 1923

 Series
Identifier: MSS 57 Series 6
Scope and Contents

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."

Dates: Other: between 1910 and 1923

The Washita campaign and battle of the Washita

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308212]
Identifier: MSS SC 1030
Scope and Contents

Holograph history of the Washita campaign and the subsequent battle of the Washita describing the movement and actions of the US 7th Cavalry from 22 November to 2 December 1868. The account is very detailed. The exact date of the record's composition is uncertain. It may have been written a number of years after the event. Also included are some observations on Custer and his actions against some hostile Indians when Mathey first met him in 1867.

Dates: 1875-1900

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

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 24
Archival Object 11
Digital Record 10
 
Subject
Photographs 25
Portraits 18
Politics, Government, and Law 15
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 14
Military 14
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Drafts (Documents) 10
Albumen prints 8
Material Types 6
Gelatin silver prints 5
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 5
Dakota Indians -- Photographs 4
Engravings 4
Halftone photomechanical prints 4
Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1876 3
Histories (Literary works) 3
Images 3
Cheyenne Indians -- History 2
Cheyenne Indians -- Wars, 1876 2
Correspondence 2
Letters 2
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Mont.) 2
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 -- Photographs 2
Montana 2
Montana -- History 2
Nez Percé Indians -- Wars, 1877 2
Notes 2
Postcards 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literary collections 2
Washita Campaign, 1868-1869 2
Acetate negatives 1
Adobe Walls, Battle of, Tex., 1874 1
Agricultural exhibitions -- Wyoming 1
Animals -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
Anthropology 1
Articles 1
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 1
Autobiographies 1
Bibliographies 1
California 1
Cemeteries -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.) 1
Cheyenne Indians 1
Cheyenne Indians -- Wars -- History -- Sources 1
Clark County (Ill.) -- History 1
Colorado 1
Copy prints 1
Crow Agency (Mont.) -- Photographs 1
Dakota Indians -- History 1
Denver (Colo.) -- Photographs 1
Dull Knife Battle, Wyo., 1876 1
Fort Fetterman (Wyo.) -- History 1
Fort Laramie (Wyo. : Fort) 1
Fort Reno (Wyo.) 1
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 1
Gros Ventre Slide Geological Area (Wyo.) 1
Historians -- Correspondence 1
Hunting -- Photographs 1
Idaho 1
Independence Rock (Wyo.) 1
Indexes 1
Indian scouts -- Photographs 1
Indians of North America -- Photographs 1
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
Landscapes -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
Legend into history 1
Lithographs 1
Little Bighorn Battlefield (Mont.) -- Photographs 1
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Mont.) -- Maps 1
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Mont.) -- Photographs 1
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 -- Personal narratives 1
Manitou Springs (Colo.) 1
Mexico 1
Missoula (Mont.) -- Photographs 1
Monuments -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail 1
Negatives 1
New Mexico 1
Nez Percé Indians -- History 1
Oil industries 1
Pamphlets 1
Parades -- Photographs 1
Pawnee Indians -- History 1
Piegan Indians -- History 1
Political Campaigns 1
Prostitution -- Colorado -- Denver -- Photographs 1
Publications 1
Reminiscences 1
Research (Documents) 1
Rifles -- Photographs 1
Salt Lake City (Utah) 1
Shaanxi Sheng (China) 1
Slides (Photography) 1
Soldiers -- United States -- Bibliography 1
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography 1
South Dakota 1
Speeches, addresses, etc., American 1
Territorial Government 1
Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho) 1
Texas 1
Utah 1
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