Thomas Ward Custer (March 15, 1845 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor for bravery during the American Civil War. A younger brother of George Armstrong Custer, he served as his aide at the Battle of Little Bighorn against the Lakota and Cheyenne in the Montana Territory. The two of them, along with their younger brother, Boston Custer, were killed in the overwhelming defeat of United States forces.
Thomas Ward Custer (March 15, 1845 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor for bravery during the...
George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American...
Honor recipient Captain ThomasCuster. He was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn along with his two brothers. Boston Custer was born in New Rumley...
Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota...
1858 – June 25, 1876) was the nephew of George Armstrong Custer, ThomasCuster, and Boston Custer. Although not an official soldier, he was killed along...
twice. The first double Medal of Honor recipient was ThomasCuster (brother of George Armstrong Custer) for two separate actions that took place several...
wiped out, along with George Custer, ThomasCuster, Boston Custer and Audie Reed. Cultural depictions of George Armstrong Custer "Special Unit Designations"...
On-A-Slant Indian Village and reconstructed military buildings including the Custer House. The Mandan Indian tribe established a village at the confluence of...
Elijah Churchill William Cody Lemuel Cook Will Cook George Armstrong CusterThomasCuster William Donovan Harry A. "Paddy" Flint Charles H. Gerhardt George...
of 86 enlisted men, 4 officers, and Indian scouts. Custer's brother, First Lieutenant ThomasCuster, and his brother-in-law, First Lieutenant James Calhoun...
– Boston Custer, American civilian army contractor (b. 1848) 1876 – George Armstrong Custer, American general (b. 1839) 1876 – ThomasCuster, American...
The Custer Wolf was a North American gray wolf who was held responsible for extensive damage to ranchers' livestock in the area surrounding Custer, South...
Information. National Weather Service. Retrieved 5 May 2022. Grazulis, Thomas P. (2001). The Tornado: Nature's Ultimate Windstorm. Norman: University...
Bighorn, surviving because he and his unit was not with George Armstrong Custer and the main body of the 7th Cavalry Regiment. Early on the day of battle...
Wesley Merritt, including the divisions of Brig. Gen Thomas C. Devin and Bvt. Major Gen. George A. Custer (The 2nd Division of the Cavalry Corps, under George...
States Army expedition in 1874 led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer that set out on July 2, 1874, from Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory...
offers a highly fictionalized account of the life of Gen. George Armstrong Custer, from the time he enters West Point military academy through the American...
superior officer George Armstrong Custer ordering him to quickly bring up the ammunition packs and join him in Custer's surprise attack on a large Native...
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United States of America
Captain
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
6th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment