Diary of S. Pearl Robinson [manuscript], 1865 January to June.

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Diary of S. Pearl Robinson [manuscript], 1865 January to June.

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Robinson writes about camp life and marching, Petersburg, Sayler's Creek, Appomattox Campaign and the return to Richmond for mustering out. Contains a reference to General Custer.

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United States. Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 10th (1862-1865)

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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...

Robinson, S. Pearl.

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