. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . to enumerate them. He com-manded a brigade of cavalry in the Richmond campaign,cavalry corps in the Shenandoah campaign with Sheri-dan, and a division of cavalry in the Appomattox cam-paign of 1865, and was present at the capitulation ofGeneral Lee April 5, 1865. He then made a raid toDan River, North Carolina, from April 24 to May 3,1S65, and was in command of a cavalry division in theMilitary Division of the Southwest from June 3 to July17. 1865. General Custer was appointed major-general of volun-teers April 15, 1865, a
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . to enumerate them. He com-manded a brigade of cavalry in the Richmond campaign,cavalry corps in the Shenandoah campaign with Sheri-dan, and a division of cavalry in the Appomattox cam-paign of 1865, and was present at the capitulation ofGeneral Lee April 5, 1865. He then made a raid toDan River, North Carolina, from April 24 to May 3,1S65, and was in command of a cavalry division in theMilitary Division of the Southwest from June 3 to July17. 1865. General Custer was appointed major-general of volun-teers April 15, 1865, and was brevetted in the regulararmy, major, for Gettysburg, July 3, 1863; lieutenant-colonel, for Yellow Tavern; colonel, for Winchester;]brigadier-general, for Five Forks; major-general, forgallant and meritorious services during the campaignending in the surrender of the insurgent army of North-ern Virginia. He was also brevetted a major-general ofUnited States Volunteers, for gallant and meritoriousservices at the battles of Winchester and Fishers Hill, ; He served in the Military Division of the Gulf fromJuly 17 to November 13, 1865, and was chief of cavalryof the Department of Texas to February 1, 1866, at whichtime he was mustered out of the volunteer service. Hewas then granted leave of absence, and was awaitingorders to September 24, 1866, when he was placed onfrontier duty at Fort Riley, Kansas, October 16,1866. General Custer was promoted lieutenant-colonel of theSeventh Cavalry July 28, 1S66, and served on the plains;in campaign against the Sioux ami Cheyennes, on theSouth Platte and Republican Rivers, 1867-68; variousother expeditions, scouts, and combats, and notably theBig Horn and Yellowstone expedition of 1876, where heand his gallant band were all massacred in the fight withSitting Bulls village on the Little Big Horn River,Montana. The closing scene in Custers history hasbeen described by Horned Horse, an old Sioux chief, asfollows : Custer then soug
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