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GENERAL ORDERS ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF GEORGE CUSTER AND HIS FELLOW OFFICERS

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GENERAL ORDERS ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF GEORGE CUSTER AND HIS FELLOW OFFICERS
Printed General Orders No. 69, 12pp. 8vo., Washington, July 26, 1876, printed a month after Gen. George A. Custer and his command were wiped out at at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. The orders, issued by Gen. William T. Sherman, list promotions within the 7th Cavalry to fill positions vacated by those killed in action, and list the names of the dead including Custer, Keogh, Yates, Tom Custer, Smith, McIntosh, Calhoun, Porter, Sturgis, Crittenden, and Hodgson. Disbound, fine.