Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios: George Armstrong CUSTER (published 1907)
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   COMPLETE TITLE OF THIS BOOK IS:
   
   Official Portfolio of War and Nation
   
   "A Graphic and Pictorial History Prepared Directly from the Government
   Records in the Departments of War and Statistics"
   
   "Story, Complete And Official, Of All The Political Issues, Campaigns,
   Engagements, and Heroic Episodes Of The Titanic And Dreadful Conflict
   Between the states on land and sea .. .. .."
   
   "Leaders Of The North And South, Fraternizing Under The Symbol Of
   Indestructible Union, Submit This Work As Their Impartial Report of
   the War, its conception, prosecution, and results"
   
   "Accompanied by the complete, superb collection of the famous war
   pictures."
   
   "drawn upon the spot by the Government's great artists of that time
   BAKER WEVILL NEWTON WAND
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   BEARD OSBORN RUSSELL BECKER
   SCHELL WILCOX SARTONS LOVIE
   LUMBERG WEAVER CHAMBERLAIN DAVIS
   FORBES BOSSE TAYLOR
   
   "Narrative and descriptive by John Clark Ridpath, Rossiter Johnson,
   General Fitzhugh Lee, General John T. Morgan, George L. Kilmer and
   General Joseph B. Carr."
   
   "Carefully edited by General Marcus F. Wright of the War Department
   Washington, D. C."
   
   608 pages
   Copyright. 1907 BY G. F. Stanley
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                                   CUSTER
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   CUSTER, GEN. GEORGE ARMSTRONG, born in New Rumley, Ohio, December 5,
1839. Graduated at West Point in 1861. Entered Union service at head of 
cavalry command, and participated in battles of Bull Run and Manassas. 
Assistant engineer of earthworks at Yorktown, and accompanied Hancock's 
forces in pursuit of the enemy. Appointed captain, and served as aide to 
McClellan. In 1863, became aide to General Pleasanton. Served with Grant in 
the Wilderness campaign, and with Sheridan in Shenandoah Valley. Commanded a 
cavalry division in pursuit of Lee, after the evacuation of Richmond. After 
the war, was made lieutenant-colonel and brevet major-general and assigned to 
7th U.S. Cavalry. Served with Hancock's expedition against the Cheyennes.
Suspended a year for cruelty to his men. Restored, and served in the
Yellowstone expedition of 1873, and in 1874 was sent to explore the Black 
Hills. In 1876 served under sheridan in expedition against the Sioux. Killed 
at battle of Little Big Horn June 25, 1876.