The Washita campaign and battle of the Washita 1875-1900
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Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...
Mathey, Edward Gustave, 1837-1915.
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Mathey participated as a member of the 17th Indiana Volunteers in the Civil War and retired from the US Army as a lieutenant colonel in 1904. He joined the 7th Cavalry under the command of George A. Custer (1839-1876) in 1867. During the Washita campaign against the Cheyenne Indians in 1868, Mathey held the rank of lieutenant and was in charge of that regiment's pack train. From the guide to the The Washita campaign and battle of the Washita, 1875-1900, (L. Tom Perry Special Collecti...
