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FRANCIS M. GIBSON

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FRANCIS M. GIBSON
(d. 1919) American cavalry officer famous as an Indian scout and was under Custer's command during the battle of the Little Big Horn. Although no on the scene, he was among the first officers to ride to attempt to relieve the doomed force. Lt. Donald McIntosh, who was killed with Custer, was Gibson's brother-in-law, and Gibson recovered his body. Manuscript D.S. as First Lieut., 7th Cavalry, 1p. legal folio, Fort Rice, Dakota Terr., Mar. 1, 1878, his sworn statement in a court martial hearing that a private had lost a crowbar in a river and that the private was not responsible for the loss. Also signed by Indian fighter WILLIAM BADGER, First Lieut. of the 6th Infantry. Very good.