The Last Days of George Armstrong Custer (59 page)

George Armstrong Custer and Grand Duke Alexis, 1872.
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Custer with the first grizzly he killed, August 1874. From left: Scout Bloody Knife; Custer; Pvt. Noonan; Capt. William Ludlow.
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Outing at the Heart River, 1875. From left: 1st Lt. James Calhoun; Mr. Leonard Swett; Capt. Stephen Baker; Boston Custuer; 2nd Lt. Winfield S. Edgerly; Miss Emily Watson; Capt. Myles W. Keogh; Mrs. Margaret Custer Calhoun; Mrs. Elizabeth “Libbie” Custer; Dr. Holmes O. Paulding; Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer; Mrs. Nettie Smith; Dr. George E. Lord; Capt. Thomas B. Weir; 1st Lt. William W. Cooke; 2nd Lt. Richard E. Thompson; Miss Nellie Wadsworth; Miss Emma Wadsworth; 1st Lt. Thomas W. Custer; 1st Lt. Algernon E. Smith.
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Lt. Col. George Custer, Circa 1875.
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George and Elizabeth Custer in study at Fort Lincoln, Dakota Territory, 1874.
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Capt. Myles W. Keogh, wearing his Army dress uniform in 1875, was an Irish soldier of fortune who fought in three wars on three continents and distinguished himself in our Civil War. He first acquired his appreciation for horses and horsemanship when exposed to the flashy Arabians in Northern Africa during the Algerian Conquest of 1859.
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Boston Custer
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Capt. Tom Custer, wearing his two Medals of Honor, 1870.
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Sioux Sitting Bull, 1881.
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Cheyenne Two Moon(s).
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Maj. Marcus A. Reno, 1875.
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Sioux chief Gall.
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From left: Sioux Chief American Horse, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, Sioux leader Red Cloud.
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