Sturgis family papers. 1864-1962.

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Sturgis family papers. 1864-1962.

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General, U.S. Army. Two scrapbooks including newspaper articles, memorabilia and invitations. Civil War muster rolls, 1864, signed by General Samuel D. Sturgis, (1822-1889); copies of Civil War reports; correspondence -1962, concerning Sturgis family military careers; Sturgis family tree; photograph of James G. Sturgis, killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn; pamphlets; family correspondence concerning Custer's role as a military leader; Mrs. Jerusha Sturgis' memoirs.

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United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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Sturgis, Samuel Davis, 1861-1933.

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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...

Sturgis, S. D. (Samuel Davis), 1897-1964

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Lieutenant general, United States Army; chief engineer, Sixth Army. From the description of Samuel Davis Sturgis letter, 1945, to his wife. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867869 Samuel Davis Sturgis, III (b. July 16, 1897, St. Paul, Minn.-d. July 5, 1964, Washington, D.C.), U.S. Army general, graduated from West Point in 1918. He taught mathematics at the Academy until assigned to the Philippines as Adjutant of the 14th Engineers. Returning to the Pacific area during Worl...

Sturgis, Jerusha Wilcox

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Sturgis, James Garland, 1854-1876.

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...