. 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,
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