Gen. G.A. Custer

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Creator / Contributor: Taylor & Huntington, distributor
Title: Gen. G.A. Custer
Collection Title: Civil War stereographs, 1861-1865.
Publisher: New-York Historical Society
Date: 1864, published later
Series: Photographic war history. The war for the Union, 1861-1865.
Description: Stereograph: Oval portrait of Custer, looking to his right.
Notes: George Armstrong Custer (5 Dec. 1839-25 June 1876) Officer in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War who attained the rank of brevet major general. He was present at General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Custer is best known for being defeated and killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: ad09010
1861
Subject: Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876--Photographs
Generals--Photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union--Photographs
Material type or medium of original: Stereograph
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