CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876). Endorsement signed ("G.A. Custer"), as Brevet Major General. Headquarters 2nd Cavalry Division, 16 November 1864.

Civil War-dated endorsement signed by Custer, with the following written in another hand, "Headquarters…Cav. Div., November 16th, 1864...Respectfully forwarded approved and recommended." Custer's rank is written in the same unknown hand.

[With:] Studio portrait of Custer as Major General after image originally taken in May 1865 by Mathew Brady & Co., catalogued in D. Mark Katz's Custer in Photographs (K-78).

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CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876). Endorsement signed ("G.A. Custer"), as Brevet Major General. Headquarters 2nd Cavalry Division, 16 November 1864.

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CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876). Endorsement signed ("G.A. Custer"), as Brevet Major General. Headquarters 2nd Cavalry Division, 16 November 1864.

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CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876). Endorsement signed ("G.A. Custer"), as Brevet Major General. Headquarters 2nd Cavalry Division, 16 November 1864.