George Armstrong Custer letter, 1875.

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George Armstrong Custer letter, 1875.

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George Armstrong Custer was a civil war hero, and lieutenant colonel commanding the Seventh U.S. Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. This collection consists of a letter (August 8, 1875) to post commanders recommending John Macquire. This collection consists of a letter (August 8, 1875) from George A. Custer recommending to post commanders the entertainment of John Maguire. (Small Collection 46)

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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...