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- Creator:
- George Custer
- Published / Created:
- 1866 Oct 1
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1643
- Collection Title:
- George Armstrong Custer papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 2
- Image Count:
- 3
- Abstract:
- A letter dated Oct. 1, 1866 from Custer in Monroe, Michigan to C. F. Hatch, Superintendant of the S.M. & N.C.R.R. concerns arrangements for Custer's horses on the train he is taking to Kansas. and Collection contains a map, 3 ALS, and an army document signed by Frederick W. Benteen. The map, entitled Military Map of Nebraska and Dakota by Lieut. G. K. Warren, Topl. Engrs. From the Explorations made by him in 1855-6 while attached to the staff of Brev. Brig. Gen. W. S. Harney, commg. Sioux Expdn., was Custer's and includes manuscript additions in his hand. These include his camping places during the Black Hills expedition of 1874, the place names assigned by him that summer, and the routes (marked in blue and red) of two expeditions in 1875.
- Description:
- George A. Custer, commander of the 7th Cavalry in the Battle of Little Big Horn. Frederick W. Benteen was senior captain of the 7th Cavalry, who commanded three companies at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Elizabeth Bacon Custer was General Custer's wife. and Purchased from Zeitlin & Ver Brugge on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 1970.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)--Discovery and exploration
- Subject (Name):
- Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876, Hatch, C. F., and United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > George Custer letter to C. F. Hatch
3.
- Creator:
- Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876
- Published / Created:
- 1867 Jan. 21
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-898 C967
- Collection Title:
- Letters
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- George Custer requests the Depot Quartermaster to supply locks and chains for the Company stables (WA MSS S-898;C967) and asks Col. Crosby to send him a horse and comments on the upcoming Washita campaign (WA MSS S-899 C967). Both items completely digitized.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Fort Leavenworth (Kan.)
- Subject (Name):
- Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876, Noyes, Henry E, and United States Army Cavalry, 7th
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [ALS] 1867 Jan. 21, George A. Custer [to] Henry E. Noyes
4.
- Creator:
- Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876
- Published / Created:
- [1868] Oct. 28
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-899 C967
- Collection Title:
- Letters
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- George Custer requests the Depot Quartermaster to supply locks and chains for the Company stables (WA MSS S-898;C967) and asks Col. Crosby to send him a horse and comments on the upcoming Washita campaign (WA MSS S-899 C967). Both items completely digitized.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Fort Leavenworth (Kan.)
- Subject (Name):
- Crosby, John Schuyler, 1839-1914, Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876, and United States Army Cavalry, 7th
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [ALS] [1868] Oct. 28, [George A.] Custer [to] [John Schuyler] Crosby
5.
- Creator:
- Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933
- Published / Created:
- [1852]
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 126
- Collection Title:
- Elizabeth Bacon Custer papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 1
- Image Count:
- 75
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- The collection contains Elizabeth Bacon Custer's journal, started in 1852 but not kept up, and papers relating to her husband, including fragments of his letters to her, letters to George Custer, and military orders.
- Description:
- Gift of Mrs. Marguerite Merington.
- Subject (Name):
- Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933, Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876, and Merington, Marguerite, 1857-1951
- Subject (Topic):
- Soldiers--United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Day Book]
