Charles R. Wilson Custer collection [microform], 1867-1967.

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Charles R. Wilson Custer collection [microform], 1867-1967.

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Collection of microfilm, collected by Charles R. Wilson in his study of George Armstrong Custer. Film contains material copied from the National Archives and from Yale University Library. Included are reports and correspondence from the files of the Adjutant General and Judge Advocate General in National Archives Record Groups 94 and 153 regarding Marcus A. Reno's military record and 1867 campaigns against the Sioux and Cheyenne and pages from Custer's Black Hills expedition order and dispatch book from Yale's WA MSS 128.

4 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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