Charles F. Bates papers 1866-1977

Roe, W. J.

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Custer, Effie Z.

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Metcalfe, Henry, b. 1847

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Capt. Henry Metcalfe was President of the Board of Water Commissioners of the Village of Cold Spring. From the description of Letterbooks, 1877-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155526265 Thomas Metcalfe, governor of Kentucky from 1828-1832, was captain of volunteers during the War of 1812. Before serving as governor, he was a Kentucky representative and a U.S. representative. After serving as governor, Metcalfe served as state senator (1834-38) and then held a brief term...

Ruffner, Ernest Howard.

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United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 7th (1866-present)

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Led by George Armstrong Custer, the Seventh Cavalry surprised an encampment of Cheyenne near present-day Cheyenne, Okla., on Nov. 27, 1868. Known as the Battle of Washita, the conflict resulted in few cavalry casualties; among them was Capt. Louis M. Hamilton, who was killed as the attack commenced. From the description of A meeting of the officers of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry was held ... to take into consideration the untimely death of Captain Louis M. Hamil...

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...

Roe, W. J.

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Carter, Robert Goldthwaite, 1845-1936

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Robert Goldthwaite Carter (1845–1936), soldier and writer, was born and educated in Maine. He moved to Massachusetts in 1857, and served as a private in Company H, 22nd Massachusetts Infantry in the Civil War, August 1862-October 1864. In 1865 Carter enrolled in the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1870. He was immediately placed in Troop E, Fourth United States Cavalry. A few days after marrying, in September 1870, he and his new wife Mary moved to San Antonio. Carter ...

Ghent, William J. (William James), 1866-1942

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Author and journalist. From the description of Papers of William J. Ghent, 1876-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063264 Biographical Note 1866, Apr. 29 Born, Frankfort, Ind. 1894 Founder, Social Reform Club, New York, N.Y. 1...

Ruffner, Ernest Howard.

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Reno, Marcus A. (Marcus Albert), 1835-1889

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Bates, Charles Francis, 1862-

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Charles F. Bates (1862-1943), who was born in Monroe, Michigan and lived in Bronxville, New York, pursued first a military career and then set up a legal practice. He spent most of his life researching George Armstrong Custer. From the description of Charles F. Bates papers, 1866-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702127281 Charles Francis Bates, born December 25, 1862, in Monroe, Michigan, received a law degree from Columbia University in 1892. He pursued a m...

Custer, Effie Z.

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Godfrey, Edward Settle, 1843-1932

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Edward Settle Godfrey was a United States (U.S.) Army officer. He spent most of his Army career as a company officer in the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment. After seeing action as a short-term volunteer in the Union Army in 1861, he entered the United States Military Academy (USMA) in 1863 and graduated in 1867. After commissioning, he was assigned to the 7th Cavalry Regiment. He participated in all of the major Indian campaigns, including the Battle at the Little Big Horn (June 25, 1876), although he...

Bruce, Robert, 1873-

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Major Frank North and Captain Luther North were, during 1870s, assigned to Company A, Nebraska Volunteers, of the United States Army which was made up of Pawnee Indians, and were deployed in Nebraska and Wyoming. The Company saw action against the Cheyenne, and were associated with the Black Hills Expedition of 1875. The Company was mustered out in 1877. From the description of Robert Bruce papers. (Tulsa City-County Library). WorldCat record id: 226488133 ...

Metcalfe, Henry, b. 1847

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Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933

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American author and wife of General George A. Custer. From the description of Letter, 1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486737 Elizabeth Bacon married Gen. George Armstrong Custer in 1864. After her husband's death in 1876, she was instrumental in promoting his legacy as a hero and role-model. In addition to her books about her life with her husband, Elizabeth Bacon Custer supported herself by working as a journalist. From the description of Oberammergau pa...

Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938

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George Bird Grinnell was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on 20 Sept. 1849. His father prospered after the Civil War with a wholesale dry goods business. He eventually developed an investment firm in which he hoped his son would develop an interest. While a student at Yale University, however, young Grinnell went on a fossil and dinosaur expedition to the west led by Professor O.C. Marsh. By 1874 Grinnell dissolved the investment firm his father had founded and moved to New Haven, Conn., to work with Mar...

Varnum, Charles Albert, 1849-1936

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United States. Army. Cavalry

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