Papers, 1877-1939.

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Papers, 1877-1939.

Consists of copies of letters concerning Anders' military service in the Philippine Insurrection; a transcript of court martial proceedings against George Custer; ration returns; notes concerning the history of Fort Abraham Lincoln; a typescript entitled "Critical Notes on the Line of March of Troops Serving in the Department of Dakota in the Campaign Against the Sioux, 1876"; and transcripts of the Reno Court of Inquiry concerning the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

.75 ft., 2 microfilm rolls ; 35 mm.

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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...

Anders, Frank Lafayette, 1877-1938.

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