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CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876).
Autograph endorsement on a requisition for supplies for the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Michigan Cavalry ("Approved G.A. Custer Brig Gen Comdg"). Warrenton Junction, November 14, 1863, and bearing other signatures. The document has undergone archival restoration including reinforcing of the folds with Japanese tissue; deacidified.
The requisition was raised "to clothe the men and fulfill the requirements of Orders", and lists the bulk of items needed to outfit the men in the field at this mid and turned point in the Civil War, four months beyond the twin Union triumphs at Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
Custer was one of the finest Cavalry officers in the Union. In manner he was the JEB Stuart of the North -- handsome, fearless, flamboyant and wildly popular with the men. He was named Brigadier General U.S. Volunteers in June 1861, at age 23, and made Major General at 25. From 1st Bull Run to Appomattox he took part in every battle of the Army of the Potomac except one. He had 11 horses shot from under him but was wounded only once. His unit sustained the highest casualties of any Federal cavalry during the war, with 525 killed. Famously, on June 25, 1876 at the Little Big Horn he sustained 100 per cent casualties in the most serious failure of American arms in the Indian wars.
Autograph endorsement on a requisition for supplies for the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Michigan Cavalry ("Approved G.A. Custer Brig Gen Comdg"). Warrenton Junction, November 14, 1863, and bearing other signatures. The document has undergone archival restoration including reinforcing of the folds with Japanese tissue; deacidified.
The requisition was raised "to clothe the men and fulfill the requirements of Orders", and lists the bulk of items needed to outfit the men in the field at this mid and turned point in the Civil War, four months beyond the twin Union triumphs at Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
Custer was one of the finest Cavalry officers in the Union. In manner he was the JEB Stuart of the North -- handsome, fearless, flamboyant and wildly popular with the men. He was named Brigadier General U.S. Volunteers in June 1861, at age 23, and made Major General at 25. From 1st Bull Run to Appomattox he took part in every battle of the Army of the Potomac except one. He had 11 horses shot from under him but was wounded only once. His unit sustained the highest casualties of any Federal cavalry during the war, with 525 killed. Famously, on June 25, 1876 at the Little Big Horn he sustained 100 per cent casualties in the most serious failure of American arms in the Indian wars.