, 1876-07-07
CUSTER.

his s7th year at the time Of Ills death. He ell
tered the National Military Academy at West
Point, on the 1st Of July, 1857, aud graduated
onthc 4th Of juno, 1861, standing .hirty-fourth In
h{s class, and was cumnisstoncda Second Ltcutc'l-
mt In tho Second Ca7alry. Heatencc entered up
on active service inthe Waroftl!e Rebellion, took
part In the Manassas campaign Of July, 1861, he-
Ing engaged IN --..-.
TIE BATTLE Or BULL nun,
the tirst OF tho War. lie also served In tho Army
of tho Potomac In the Virginia rcntnsular CAIN
,,a!gu, bctng engaged In the siege Of Yorktown
and as aid-dc-camp 10 Geu. Mcclellan In the
subsequent operations Of tho campaign, being
promoted on tho 5th Of June, lso2, to
Captaincy "a additional aiAc. Lie
served through tho Maryland campaign
Of tho fall Of ls62, being onEnged III tue batt1os
of South Mountain aud Ant!ctaua III tue Rap
pal,annock campaign, from March to June, ls03,
he WIS engaged tn Btoneman's great cavalry
raid toward Richmond, an.l III the fight ut Bran
dy Station as aldo to Gen. flcasanton. lie
commanded cavalry bsigade in tic Army Of
the Potomac In
THE PENNSYLVANIA cAMFAI0H
In tho summer Of 1863, being commissioned
BrtRatler General OF volunteers ou tile 29th of
June of that year. In tho campaign lle took
part In tho engagement at Aldio uap, In tho
battlc Of Gettysburg, aud in the hghta 1t Slon-
tcrey, anlithburg, Hagarstown, Willlamsport,
poopahoro', etc ue Was epgagGd III tue cas1a-
paign ln Central Virginia frou, August, 1863 To
Atasrh, 1tG4, seeing hot work In tho lgAts at
king George Court-uousc, at Culpcpper, at
Somcryllle Ford, in thu reconnaissance ut
Liberty Mills, md In the engagements at
Jamcs City sud Brandy Statlon, aud In the skir-
misbcs on the moycusont to Centrevlle. He
also took part III tho engagement at Gainesville
and in tic atno Run E1pcdit'on4
LEAVE OF AnsBNoB.
In December, 1869, tbs effect of his lnrtl cam
paigning began to tell upon his health te such
oxtcnt that he.wns compelled to accept sick
leave Of absence. But tn April hc WIS agnln In
command Of brigade In thu Cavalry Corps Of
the Army Of the Potomac, IN tile campaign
against Richmond, asld with Ills command took
part tn
T,ts TEnu1r1o PLOTTING IN THE w1tDnnHEss.
Immediately following this hc fought with Ills
command In tho battles Ut Meadow Bridge,
uanoyertown, Howc'e Shop, Cold uarbor,
Trrvcllian Station, aud Nowark.
LII commanded the Third Dlyislon, Cay
airy Corps, in tho shenandoah campaign,
balng engaged In skirmishes uear Winchester,
Front Ruyn, shcparlstown, amlthleltl, mud
OpeQuau Greek; tho Battle OF Opcquan, aud
the actons at Ccdarvlle, Leroy, Columbia Fur
nace, TOMS Kun, Crdar Crcek, Alid1lctown,
and Lacey Springs, and Oh the 18TH Of March,
1866, was made Brcyut hfn1or.Geuetal Tor gull
lant acrvtceB during the campaign andfng In the
surrender OF the Confederate Army Ut Nurtt,-
ern Virginia.
Lie commanded casalry division ut the bat-
tlrs Of Dinwidlc, Five Forks, Appomatox Sta
tiou, md at tho
Bu1.nEapER OF LEE At ArroMAToI COURT
uousE.
lie WIS mustered out Ut tho volunteer Bgryicp
February l, 1850, a1.d commissioned ~ LtuutY1,-
ant-Cooiel Of tho soycntl Regular Cavalry,
wl,lgll commission he hcld A. tho tim VI his
death.
After the close Of tho War, Geu. Custer was
assigned to duty on tho fruatlpr, where hls
slarc III fighting the 1nlllAns wus t,o loss thar, 1t
lad bcon In lighting the Rebels. uo bore q
prominent part In tbs campaign agalust the
Kunsas 1uduns in 1857, md against the Choy-
ennes, ArrapahMs, aul Cuu,anches In tllu winter
Of 168SD, in whirh Dluck Kettles band Of any,
ages waS destroyed In tllo Canadian River Val.
10y, terminating tho campaign In tbs 6prlug
Ut 1903 hls regiment WIS transferred from tho
Department Of tho Missouri to Kentucky, uutl
hu WAs employed In
purTIMu DOWN THE Ku.ALux
In that State. In 1873, with hts regiment, he
WAS ordered to Fort Ahrul,a1a Linculn. Bubsc,
quontly hu Joined In the expedition elcortlug
the Northern Pacific surveying party, dnriug
which occurred the sk!rnIsh with the Iada1l.
which la the subject Of brilliant article by hIit
contributed To tho last number OF the 4alary
lie remained With slx companies ot tho seycntl
Cavalry In communal Ut tho post VI Fort Lin
coin until last spring, whuu le set cut In cotu
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