Talk:George Armstrong Custer

message: Custer's last brevet rank is missing from the article. In 1868, he was appointed again as brevet major general, making his official rank until his death Brevet Major General, Lieutenant Colonel. I have added this to the Dates of rank table, as well as a citation for the table pointing to a National Parks Service webpage that lists each of his army commissions, including photographs of their certificates. I know his last brevet is referenced in some Custer biographies, and I will dig into the history of it more later with the books on-hand so that I can add further information to the article. Additionally, some of the dates of rank listed on the NPS webpage do not match what is mentioned in the article. These dates should be cross-checked with more sources. Twcus (talk) 16:11, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: You can restore the content but don't remove the links to Google Books and don't add URLs on the section header. Instead you should put links to sources in section body. Accesscrawl (talk) 08:54, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: You're misreading the certificate. The appointment was from 13 March 1865, so that would be the effective date of the brevet. His actual service rank until his death was Lt Col. Intothatdarkness 23:11, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

text: Heitman (Historical Register and Dictionary Vol. 1) lists both promotions as taking place on 13 March 1865 (the BG one for Five Forks and MG for the Appomattox campaign). This date also appears in the 1868 Army Register, although it only shows the date of his highest rank promotion. There are other brevet promotions, but they're all noted as volunteers. Intothatdarkness 14:02, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Custer's ranks 

message: There should be an explanation of who Thomas Marquis was. He appears to be a historian or biographer of some sort, but there are no details or description of him in the article. He is mentioned randomly as conducting interviews without context. 66.91.36.8 (talk) 10:07, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Good catch! Have linked the subject Thomas Bailey Marquis. His first mention is inside a quote so we can't adjust wordings. The link was a simple solution which moves the reader forward if they are curious. BusterD (talk) 10:24, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: no 2600:1700:6641:A240:E045:CEED:B59:C972 (talk) 21:33, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thomas Marquis 

message: This is one view of Custer:
:I can tell you buster
:I ain't got much time for Custer
It should likely be mentioned here.
In general, I'd say the whole article is far too sympathetic to Custer. Pashley (talk) 19:30, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: That song was written by Peter La Farge. Cullen328 (talk) 00:01, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

text: "Far too sympathetic?" If you have a problem with the quality or tone of the article, you are welcome to suggest or make changes, but, to me, it simply sounds like you're upset that the facts of the article challenge some preconceived image you have of Custer in your head. 199.231.199.22 (talk) 19:29, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Johnny Cash song 

message: The version I've seen is published by the "Anheuser Busch Brewing Association" (no hyphen) and is titled "Custer's Last Fight" (not "Stand")... AnonMoos (talk) 13:08, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anheuser-Busch chromolithograph