Selected Military Service Records Relating to George Armstrong Custer.

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Selected Military Service Records Relating to George Armstrong Custer.

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Selected records relating to the military service of George Armstong Custer including his Military Academy application file(57/1856), personnel file (1239 ACP 1871), Union Staff Officer File, transcripts of his 1861 and 1867 courts-martial (II-385 and OO-2555), and the pension application case file (WC 178 408) of his widow, Elizabeth Bacon Custer.

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National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration

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National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration

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United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Military Service Branch.

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Dr. Walker is the only woman to have received the Congressional Medal of Honor. From the description of Selected Military Service Records Relating to Mary Edwards Walker, M.D. (National Archives Library). WorldCat record id: 17269947 ...

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...

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...