George A. Custer miscellaneous material. 1877-1986.

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George A. Custer miscellaneous material. 1877-1986.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/170603770

Collection contains newspaper clippings, articles (some photocopies), facsimiles, booklets, maps, and other miscellaneous materials relating to General George A. Custer and others connected with the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Material was collected by Kermit Lidstrom.

1 box (26 items) ; 30 x 24 x 8 cm.

Bismarck Public Library, Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6916648

Bismarck Public Library, Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library

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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...