GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER

George Armstrong Custer was born December 5, 1839, in New Rumley, Ohio. He graduated from West Point in 1861 (one year early because of the looming Civil War). He was ranked last in his class, due in part to a propensity for playing pranks on his classmates that earned him numerous demerits. After distinguishing himself as a cavalry officer during the Civil War, he died on June 25, 1876 in Montana Territory during an engagement with a greatly superior force consisting of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians.

LIBRARY LOCATIONS:

Central Library—History, Geography, & Travel (HG) Central Library—Stacks (ST) Kingshighway Branch (KI) BIBLIOGRAPHY

Barnes, Jeff. The Great Plains Guide to Custer: 8 Forts, Fights, and Other Sites. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2012. KI—978.02

Barnett, Louise K. Touched by Fire: The Life, Death, and Mythic Afterlife of George Armstrong Custer. New York: Henry Holt, 1996. ST—B CUSTER

Custer, Elizabeth B. Boots and Saddles; or, Life in Dakota with General Custer. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961. ST—B CUSTER

Custer, George A, Elizabeth B. Custer, and Marguerite Merington. The Custer Story: The Life and Intimate Letters of General George A. Custer and His Wife Elizabeth. New York: Devin-Adair, 1950. ST—B CUSTER

Custer, George A. My Life on the Plains, Or, Personal Experiences with Indians. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1962. ST—970.5

Custer, George A. Wild Life on the Plains and Horrors of Indian Warfare. New York: Arno Press, 1969. ST—970.810924

Elliott, Michael A. Custerology: The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. HG—973.82092

Monaghan, Jay. Custer: The Life of General George Armstrong Custer. Lincoln, Neb: University of Nebraska Press, 1971. ST-B CUSTER

Urwin, Gregory J. W. Custer Victorious: The Civil War Battles of General George Armstrong Custer. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1983. ST-973.73

Wert, Jeffry D. Custer: The Controversial Life of George Armstrong Custer. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. ST-B CUSTER

Whittaker, Frederick. A Complete Life of Gen. George A. Custer. New York: Sheldon, 1876. ST-B CUSTER

MAJOR AMERICAN MILITARY CONFLICTS, PART VII

Revolutionary War-- Pension Records & Disability Payments

68. Clark, Murtie June. The Pension Lists of 1792-1795: with Other Revolutionary War Pension Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991. (Central-HG 973.34)

69. Dorman, John F. Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications, Abstracted. Washington, D.C.: J. F. Dorman, 1958-1980, 35 vols. (Central-HG 975.5)

70. United States. Department of the Interior. Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969. (Central-HG, ST 929.373)

71. United States. Pension Bureau. Pensioners of Revolutionary War Struck Off the Roll. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969. (Central-HG 355.151)

72. United States. War Department. Revolutionary Pensioners: a Transcript of the United States for 1813. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1959. (Central-HG 929.373)

73. United States. War Department. Pension Roll of 1835. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968. (Central-ST 973.34)

74. White, Virgil D. Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files. Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing Co., 1990-1992, 3 vols. (Central-HG 973.74)

War of 1812-- Pension Records & Disability Payments

75. McGhee, Lucy Kate. Missouri Revolutionary War Soldiers, War of 1812 and Indian Wars Pension List. Washington, D.C.: n.d. (Central-HG 977.8)

76.. The Pension Roll of 1835. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992, 4 vols. (Central-HG 973.34)

77. United States. Census Office. A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services; with Their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts in 1840. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967. (Central-HG 929.373)

78. United States. War Department. Kentucky Pensions of 1835. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1959. (Central-HG 976.9)

79. White, Virgil D. Index to War of 1812 Pension Files. Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing Co., 1992. (Central-HG 973.526)