On title page: "A collection of original photographic prints of the battle, the leading participants on both sides, gathering and burial of the dead and the trial of Chief Plenty Horses."
Description:
Album consists of cabinet and boudoir cards of various sizes, on original mounts, bound together.
Subject (Geographic):
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) and South Dakota
Subject (Name):
United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th
Subject (Topic):
Cavalry, Dakota Indians., and Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
Lithograph after the Cassilly Adams painting of 1888 that was copied in paint by F. Otto Becker in 1896 and later made into lithographic prints as an advertising promotion for Anheuser Busch Brewing Association. Print shows Custer, standing, saber raised overhead in his right hand and a pistol held by its barrel in his left, in the battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. In addition to Custer, the painting portrays his brother Thomas Ward Custer, Rain In The Face, William W. Cooke, George W. Yates, Henry Armstrong Reed, William Van W. Reily, and Algernon E. Smith. Below image: some persons in image named or described
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc43 896adb: Imperfect: sheet below image trimmed; wantiing title, imprint, attributions, copyright statement and index; on sheet 61 x 95 cm and mounted on board of same dimensions., Title from caption below image., and Below image, at lower left: Entered according to act of Congress by Adolphus Bush March 30th 1896 in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C.
Publisher:
Anheuser Busch Brewing Association and Milwaukee Litho. Co.
Subject (Name):
Custer, George A. 1839-1876 (George Armstrong),, Custer, Thomas Ward, 1845-1876, Rain in the Face, approximately 1835-1905, Cooke, William W., -1876, Reed, Henry Armstrong, 1858-1876, Reilly, William V. W., 1853-1876, Smith, A. E. 1842-1876 (Algernon Emory),, Yates, George W., 1843-1876, and United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th
Subject (Topic):
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, Lakota Indians, Cheyenne Indians, and Arapaho Indians
Lithograph after the Cassilly Adams painting of 1888 that was copied in paint by F. Otto Becker in 1896 and later made into lithographic prints as an advertising promotion for Anheuser Busch Brewing Association. Print shows Custer, standing, saber raised overhead in his right hand and a pistol held by its barrel in his left, in the battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. In addition to Custer, the painting portrays his brother Thomas Ward Custer, Rain In The Face, William W. Cooke, George W. Yates, Henry Armstrong Reed, William Van W. Reily, and Algernon E. Smith. Below image: some persons in image named or described
Description:
BEIN BrSides Elephant Folio Zc43 896ad Copy 1: Accompanied by: a label with text: Loaned to Co. K 26th Inf. M.S.G. by 1st Lieut. John M. Sweeney Co. K 26th Inf. M.S.G., and a clipping from New York Times with a picture of Colonel S. R. H. (Tommy) Tompkins., BEIN BrSides Elephant Folio Zc43 896ad Copy 2: Imperfect: sheet below image trimmed; wantiing title, imprint, attributions, copyright statement and index; on sheet 61 x 95 cm and mounted on board of same dimensions., BEIN BrSides Elephant Folio Zc43 896ad Copy 3: Imperfect: chipped. 78 x 103 cm, mounted on linen., Title from caption below image., and Below image, at lower left: Entered according to act of Congress by Adolphus Bush March 30th 1896 in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C.
Publisher:
Anheuser Busch Brewing Association and Milwaukee Litho. Co.
Subject (Name):
Custer, George A. (1839-1876) (George Armstrong0,, Custer, Thomas Ward, 1845-1876, Rain in the Face, approximately 1835-1905, Cooke, William W., -1876, Reed, Henry Armstrong, 1858-1876, Reilly, William V. W., 1853-1876, Smith, A. E. 1842-1876 (Algernon Emory),, Yates, George W., 1843-1876, and United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th
Subject (Topic):
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, Lakota Indians, Cheyenne Indians, and Arapaho Indians
United States. Army. Military Division of the Missouri Williams, Robert, fl. 1876
Published / Created:
1876 July 16
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1025 Un3124
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
General Crook planned an ambitious campaign against the Sioux Indians for the summer of 1876. In this dispatch, General Sheridan provides information on movements of hostile Indians, assignments and movements of United States troops, and availability of supplies and equipment.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Fetterman (Wyo.) and Fort Laramie (Wyo.)
Subject (Name):
Coates, Edwin M., Crook, George, 1828-1890, Drum, Richard C. (Richard Coulter), 1825-1909, Merritt, Wesley, 1834-1910, Nickerson, James D., Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888, United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd, United States. Army. Cavalry, 5th, United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th, and United States. Army. Military Division of the Missouri
Subject (Topic):
Cheyenne Indians, Dakota Indians, Indians of North America --Wars --1866-1895, and Ute Indians
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
