George Armstrong Custer
1839 to 1876
4 documented presences
4 places
Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for George Armstrong Custer across 4 places, from 1856 to 1866. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
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 Indian Wars.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where George Armstrong Custer was documented, and when
1856year
Cadiz, Ohioattested
“After graduating from McNeely Normal School in 1856, Custer taught school in Cadiz, Ohio.”
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1856year
Cadizattested
“After graduating from McNeely Normal School in 1856, Custer taught school in Cadiz, Ohio.”
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May 1866month
Monroe, Michiganattested
“Following the death of his father-in-law in May 1866, Custer returned to Monroe, Michigan, where he considered running for Congress.”
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28 July 1866exact date
Fort Rileyattested
“At one point, Custer confronted a small group of Ohio men who repeatedly jeered Johnson, saying to them: "I was born two miles and a half from here, but I am ashamed of you." On July 28, 1866, Custer was appointed lieutenant colonel of t…”
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Places George Armstrong Custer is documented in
Cadiz1 presence · 1856
Cadiz, Ohio1 presence · 1856
Fort Riley1 presence · 1866
Monroe, Michigan1 presence · 1866
Other places tied to George Armstrong Custer in the record
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1851year
Battle of the Little Bighornmentioned
“It was this united encampment of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians that the 7th Cavalry met at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the Crow Indian Reservation created in old Crow Country (in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851,…”
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1 July 1857exact date
West Pointmentioned
“Custer entered West Point as a cadet on July 1, 1857, as a member of the class of 1862.”
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21 July 1861exact date
First Battle of Bull Runmentioned
“On July 21, 1861, he was with his regiment at the First Battle of Bull Run during the Manassas Campaign where Army commander Winfield Scott detailed him to carry messages to Major General Irvin McDowell.”
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30 June 1863exact date
Hanover, Pennsylvaniamentioned
“He intended to lead from the front, and to him it was a crucial issue of unit morale that his men be able to look up in the middle of a charge, or at any other time on the battlefield, and instantly see him leading the way into danger."…”
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30 June 1863exact date
Hanovermentioned
“He intended to lead from the front, and to him it was a crucial issue of unit morale that his men be able to look up in the middle of a charge, or at any other time on the battlefield, and instantly see him leading the way into danger."…”
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1864year
Shenandoah Valleymentioned
“In 1864, with the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac reorganized under the command of Major General Philip Sheridan, Custer (now commanding the 3rd Division) led his "Wolverines" to the Shenandoah Valley where by the year's end the…”
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1864year
Third Battle of Winchestermentioned
“In the Valley Campaigns of 1864, the Union troops engaged the Confederates at the Third Battle of Winchester and effectively destroyed Early's army during Sheridan's counterattack at Cedar Creek.”
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1864year
Battle of Cedar Creekmentioned
“In the Valley Campaigns of 1864, the Union troops engaged the Confederates at the Third Battle of Winchester and effectively destroyed Early's army during Sheridan's counterattack at Cedar Creek.”
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3 June 1865exact date
Alexandria, Louisianamentioned
“On June 3, 1865, at Sheridan's behest, Major General Custer accepted command of the 2nd Division of Cavalry, Military Division of the Southwest, to march from Alexandria, Louisiana, to Hempstead, Texas, as part of the Union occupation fo…”
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3 June 1865exact date
Hempstead, Texasmentioned
“On June 3, 1865, at Sheridan's behest, Major General Custer accepted command of the 2nd Division of Cavalry, Military Division of the Southwest, to march from Alexandria, Louisiana, to Hempstead, Texas, as part of the Union occupation fo…”
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3 June 1865exact date
Alexandriamentioned
“On June 3, 1865, at Sheridan's behest, Major General Custer accepted command of the 2nd Division of Cavalry, Military Division of the Southwest, to march from Alexandria, Louisiana, to Hempstead, Texas, as part of the Union occupation fo…”
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28 July 1867exact date
Fort Rileymentioned
“He served on frontier duty at Fort Riley from October 18 to March 26, and scouted in Kansas and Colorado until July 28, 1867.”
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28 July 1867exact date
Kansasmentioned
“He served on frontier duty at Fort Riley from October 18 to March 26, and scouted in Kansas and Colorado until July 28, 1867.”
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12 August 1868exact date
Fort Leavenworth, Kansasmentioned
“Following the Hancock campaign, Custer was arrested and suspended at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, until August 12, 1868, for being absent without leave (AWOL), after having abandoned his post to see his wife.”
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October 1869month
1873year
4 August 1873exact date
10 September 1873exact date
1874year
1876year
1876year
1876year
17 May 1876exact date
2 September 1876exact date
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