Col. Thomas Custer, 7th Cavalry
date: label: associated date
content: 1876-06-25
name: label: depicted
content: Custer, Thomas Ward
notes: label: Description
content: Photograph of Colonel Thomas Ward Custer, 7th US Cavalry. Custer, the younger brother of General George Armstrong Custer, was killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876 in the Montana Territory. Custer is pictured in his Army dress uniform with two Medals of Honor pinned to his chest. He has a moustache and is photographed from the waist up. Written on the back of the photograph in ink is: "Col. Thos. Custer, Capt 7th Cavalry. Killed in battle of the Little Big Horn, June 25 & 26, 1876. Brother of Gen Custer."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: United States: Montana, Little Bighorn
topic: label: related event
content: Battle of the Little Bighorn
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0311.41
label: accession number
content: 2003.0311
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0311.41
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 10.795 cm