[General George A. Custer on horseback] / J. Cisneros. [1975]

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[General George A. Custer on horseback] / J. Cisneros. [1975]

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Subject: General George A. Custer riding a brown horse. Custer is depicted wearing buckskin and raising a revolver in his right hand.

1 drawing : pen and India ink, color ; sheet 50 x 39 cm.

University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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Cisneros, José, 1910-2009

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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...