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First Official Mention of Custer's Last Stand

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First Official Mention of Custer's Last Stand
<B> George Custer First Official Mention of Custer's Last Stand in <I>Report of the Secretary of War;</B></I></B></I> Being Part of the Message and Documents Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress at the Beginning of the Second Session of the Forty-Fourth Congress. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876). House of Representatives issue. The first news about Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn appears on pages 30-35 in the Report of the General of the Army written by General W.T. Sherman. Octavo (9” x 6”). 518 pp. Includes many other reports, of frontier activities, forts, uniforms, etc., with illustrations, folding plates, etc. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. A bit bumped and rubbed, else very good. Housed in a custom quarter morocco book-backed slipcase with five raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)