Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General. 1774 - 1985. Letters Received

Keogh, Myles Walter, 1840-1876

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Irish born officer who died with Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. From the description of Keogh Family papers and photographs, 1856-1894 [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 166504780 Biography / Administrative History Myles Keogh was born on March 25, 1840 in Orchard, Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland to John and Margaret Keogh. After finishing school in L...

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...

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

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Peale, A. C. (Albert Charles), 1849-1914

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A. C. Peale (1849-1914) was a paleontologist who collected fossil specimens for the United States Geological Survey in Colorado during 1908. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_738_pid_EACP735 Albert Charles Peale, geologist, mineralogist, and paleobotanist, was born April 1, 1849, in Heckscherville, Pennsylvania, the son of Charles Willson Peale (1821-1871) and Harriet Friel. His father was the namesake of Albert's gr...

Edgerly, Winfield Scott, 1846-1927

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Varnum, Charles Albert, 1849-1936

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Smith, A. E. (Algernon Emory), 1842-1876

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A. E. (Algernon Emory) was born in Newport, New York, on September 17, 1842. He enlisted and was commissoined in the U.S. Army on August 9, 1867. He served as a 1st. Lieutenant, commanind Company E with Custer's column. Smith died at the Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876. From the description of Smith, A. E. (Algernon Emory), 1842-1876 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10610256 ...

Calhoun, James, 1845-1876

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Benteen, Frederick William, 1834-1898

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Frederick William Benteen (1834-1898), soldier in Company H of the 7th U.S. Cavalry, fought in the west during the Indian Wars, married Catherine L. Norman (1838-1906). From the description of Frederick William Benteen papers, 1833-1951 (bulk 1871-1896). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38475729 Benteen was an officer in the United States cavalry during the Civil War and the Indian campaigns in the American West. From the description of Letters, 1876. (Unknown). Wo...