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General Custer Family Album |
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~ In New Rumley, Harrison County, Ohio ~ |
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Above: Emanuel H. and Maria (Ward) Custer, parents of General George Armstrong Custer and Thomas Ward Custer, who were longtime neighbors of Samuel and Susanna (Hueston) Minerd in both Harrison and Wood Counties, OH. (Photos courtesy of the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument/National Park Service.) Right - sketch of the Custer house and Brethren Church in New Rumley, drawn by Henry Howe in 1886. |
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Graves of two infant brothers of General George and Thomas Ward Custer, at the English Lutheran Cemetery in New Rumley, Harrison County, OH. In this small rural cemetery also rest many of our cousins, including pioneers John and Maria (Kohl) Minard and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. |
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| Birthplace and early home of General George and Thomas Custer in New Rumley. Henderson's Art Gallery of Scio, OH published this as a postcard circa 1907. |
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Above: Custer State Memorial at New Rumley, Harrison County, OH, on the actual site of the birthplace of the Custer brothers. |
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Left and right: statue of the General in New Rumley, OH, dedicated in 1932. |
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Large sign in nearby Jewett celebrating Custer's birthplace. |
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"Historic Conestoga wagon," built by Emanuel Custer in 1821, and used by the family for its moves across Ohio and then back and forth into Michigan. Preserved today at New Salem State Park, IL. |
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| ~ In Tontogany, Wood County, Ohio ~ |
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Front view of the farmhouse where the General's parents and Tom resided near Tontogany. Seen in this image are members of the Williams family, owners at the time the image was made later in the 1800s. |
| ~ Post Civil War Years in the West ~ |
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The General (blue dot) and Tom (orange dot) at Custer's quarters at Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota in November 1873, with Seventh Cavalry officers and family, including the General's wife Elizabeth, and their brother in law Capt. James C. Calhoun and his wife Margaret (Custer) Calhoun. Image courtesy of the Denver Public Library and the Library of Congress American Memory Project. |
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Tom (orange dot) and his brothers the General (blue dot) and Boston (green) and brother in law James Calhoun (red) in July 1875 at an outing near the Little Hart River at Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota. Image courtesy of the Denver Public Library and the Library of Congress American Memory Project. |
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Fording the Platte River at North Platte, Nebraska, as sketched by T.R. Davis and published in Harper's Weekly, Aug. 3, 1867 |
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Traveling in a prairie canyon, left, and the General's interview with "Pawnee Killer," as printed in Harper's Weekly, Aug. 3, 1867 |
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Sioux attempting to stampede the Seventh Cavalry's horses, in a sketch by T.R. Davis and as published in Harper's Weekly, Aug. 3, 1867. Note the sharpshooters at right, on their stomachs, defending against the raid. |
| ~ Images of the Little Big Horn, Montana ~ |
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Above: Left: Sitting Bull, leader of the Sioux nation which attacked the Seventh Cavalry and Custer at Little Big Horn. Right: Rain in the Face (Etomo Gozue), a Sioux warrior who held a personal grudge against Thomas Ward Custer. This image taken near Fort Keough, Montana, circa 1879, originally copyright L.A. Huffman. |
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| Artist's depiction of the Custer brothers' last minutes at Little Big Horn, prior to the Sioux attack (courtesy of the National Park Service). |
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| J.K. Ralston's painting of "Custer's Last Hope," copyright 1971 Mrs. Don C. Foote, published by McGrew Color Graphics of Kansas City |
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"Custer's Last Stand" by Edgar Samuel Paxson, copyright Jennings & Gusdorf, Butte, MT |
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| "Custer's Last Stand," published in 1889 by Kurz & Allison, courtesy of the Google Life Magazine Photo Archive |
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"Custer's Last Fight," by A.R. Ward |
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| Above: Left - "Unhorsed" sketch published in Custer's Last Battle by Frederick Remington. Right - bleached bones of horses and men scattered at Little Big Horn one year after the slaughter. |
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| Above: Left - first cairn monument on the Little Big Horn battlefield, one year later. |
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Above: closer view of the first Custer monument at the battle site, from 1877 to 1879. |
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| Printed etching of the Little Big Horn cairn, from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, dated Jan. 17, 1880. The print is headlined: "Montana.--Mound of bones of soldiers, Indians and horses killed during the Custer massacre, on the Little Big Horn River.--from a sketch by Holtes." |
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| Although no one survived the Little Big Horn battle, this group posed as survivors in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Sept. 18, 1886, standing at the Custer monument at the battle site. |
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| Large cross marks the spot where Gen. Custer fell at Little Big Horn. He is not buried here, but rather rests for eternity at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. |
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| Markers in the foreground at Little Big Horn show where Custer and his men fell. The cemetery in the background is from more modern times. |
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| Funeral and burial service for Thomas Ward Custer and his brother in law, James Calhoun, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on Aug. 4, 1877. Originally published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Sept. 8, 1877. |
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| Above left: horse skulls posted on poles at Reno's Hill near the battlefield. Above right: visitors to the newly erected monument at Little Big Horn, with the names of the General and Thomas Custer, and James Calhoun, etched near the top. From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Sept. 18, 1886. |
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| Memorial to the slain Seventh Cavalry members at Little Big Horn, including a close-up view showing the names of George and Tom Custer and their brother in law James Calhoun. This monument still stands today. |
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~ Memorials in Monroe, Michigan ~ |
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| Famed, prominent Custer statue in Monroe, MI, as it was dedicated in 1910 in its original location. |
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Famed Custer statue in Monroe, MI, relocated during the 20th century |
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Grave of Emanuel and Maria at Woodland Cemetery in Monroe, MI. |
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| Above: Buried in the Custer plot at Woodland Cemetery in Monroe are the General's brother Boston and their 18-year-old nephew, Harry Armstrong "Autie" Reed, both of whom were slain at the Battle of Little Big Horn. |
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| Above: Left - Emanuel and Maria Custer's house in Monroe, standing today. Center - the First Methodist Church in Monroe where the Custers' memorial service was held in 1876 after the fatal battle. Right - entrance to the "Historic Woodland Cemetery" in Monroe where the General's parents and siblings rest for eternity. |
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| Above: Left - farm today of Nevin Custer, the General's brother, on the outskirts Monroe, MI. Right - Nevin's grave in the Custer plot at Woodland Cemetery in Monroe. He was a longtime owner of farms near the Minerds in Tontogany, Wood County, OH in the 1860s, '70s and '80s before moving to Michigan for good. |
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Monroe home of Gen. George and Elizabeth (Bacon) Custer |
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| Carl Day and his 2003 full-length biography, Tom Custer: Ride to Glory, published by Arthur Clark & Co. |
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Copyright © 2001-2010 Mark A. Miner |
