. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . GENERAL GEORGE A. CUSTER. General Custer, born in New Burnley, Harrison County, Ohio, Decem-ber 5th, 1839, died in Montana, June 25th, 1876, was graduated at theUnited States Military Academy in June 1861, and reported for duty atWashington ; was assigned to duty as lieutenant in the Fifth Cavalry,and participated, on the day of his arrival at the front, in the first battleof Bull Bun. For daring gallantry in a skirmish at Aldie, and in theaction at Brandy Station, as well as in the closing operations of theBappahannock campaign, he
. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . GENERAL GEORGE A. CUSTER. General Custer, born in New Burnley, Harrison County, Ohio, Decem-ber 5th, 1839, died in Montana, June 25th, 1876, was graduated at theUnited States Military Academy in June 1861, and reported for duty atWashington ; was assigned to duty as lieutenant in the Fifth Cavalry,and participated, on the day of his arrival at the front, in the first battleof Bull Bun. For daring gallantry in a skirmish at Aldie, and in theaction at Brandy Station, as well as in the closing operations of theBappahannock campaign, he was appointed brigadier general of Custer, with his entire command, was slain by the Sioux Indiansin the battle of Little Big Horn, in Montana, June Jioth, 4t>70,. GENERAL J. T. SPRAGUE. General Sprague, born in Newburyport, Mass., July 3d, 1810, died inNew York city, September Gth, 1878. In 1834 he became second lieu-tenant in the Marine Corps, and served in the Florida War, being twicepromoted for meritorious conduct, and brevetted captain on March 15th,1842. He was given the full rank in 1846, and brevetted major, May 30th,1848. He was made major of the First Infantry, May 14th, 1861, andwhen stationed with his regiment in Texas was taken prisoner by GeneralTwiggs, but was released on parole, and became mustering and disbursingofficer at Albany, N. Y. He retired from the army, July 15th, 1870.
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