Journal of the Yellowstone Expediton, 1876.

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Journal of the Yellowstone Expediton, 1876.

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A field diary recording the trip (March 17-Sept. 4) from Fort Shaw, Montana in an attempt to centralize the Indian population of the Montana Territory with the mission culminating in Custer's battle with the Sioux.

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University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library

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University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library

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English, William L.

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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...