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(CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG.) Miscellaneous Custeriana.

(CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG.) Miscellaneous Custeriana. Group of 31 items relating to Custer or his 7th Cavalry Regiment. Vp, 1865-1942

  • Notes: Including: A letter to Custer from W. Morgan concerning the regimental band, 1868 * Autograph Letter Signed by Custer's father Emanuel H. Custer, 1889 * Letters to Custer's niece Clara Custer, 1890 * Partial envelope franked by James G. Blaine and addressed to Custer * Printed broadside "Congratulatory order from General Custer" issued 9 April 1865 * Substantial research letters on Custer from William A. Falconer, 1921, Thomas B. Twesten, 1926, Katherine N. Nims, 1931, and Thomas B. Donaldson, 1942 * Printed sheet music including "Requiem to the Memory of Gen. Geo. A. Custer" by Charles Glover, and "Gen. George A. Custer Funeral March" by Charles Kinkel, both 1876 * Carte-de-visite photograph of Maj. William Thompson, who retired from the 7th just months before Little Bighorn * 7th Cavalry inspection report and tobacco return, 1878 * Autograph Letter Signed by Alfred H. Terry, Custer's commanding officer, 1883 * Unsigned two-page typescript carbon titled "General Custer was not a Suicide" * 1915 photograph of what purports to be a battle flag found at Little Bighorn in 1876 * and other papers.
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