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 CUSTER’S LAST STAND - 1878 7th Cavalry Officer Witness Account SIGNED DOCUMENTS US $2,249.00 
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 Union US Officer General Custer Book Army Battle 7 Cavalry Plains Indian Wars US $176.85
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 Samuel Sturgis, Civil War Union General/7th Cavalry/GA Custer, Autograph Letter US $202.50
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 Old West 7th Cavalry Company Guidon Flag, George Custer US $7.00
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 1881 Cavalry, horse, Indian Wars, Army Regulation Field Manual, Custer, West US $119.00
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 Custer 7th Cavalry National Geographic Magazine "Ghosts on the Little Bighorn" US $4.99
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 GENERAL CUSTER CAMP PETS, SIOUX INDIANS ATTACK CAVALRY US $65.00
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 Cotton George Custer Cavalry Guidon Flag Made USA US $34.99
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 Custer & The Invincible Seventh Cavalry + Genealogy US $24.99
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 COTTON, 35 Star US Guidon, 7th Cavalry, George Custer Memorial Flag US $69.00
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 Original m1872 Custer Era US Cavalry Enlistedman's Cap Insignia US $30.00
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 US General Custer Army Battle 7 Cavalry Tenting Plains Book Indian Civil Wars US $121.93
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 Gen. Custer's 7th Cavalry Sent to Black Hills: Indians US $175.00
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Cavalry Custer
7th Cavalry Custer Little Big Horn Tribute
Custer's First Last Stand: Trevilian Station, Virginia
Almost everyone has heard of Custer's Last Stand at the Little Big Horn River in Montana. Here he and his men met their Maker with the help of the Sioux and other Native American Tribes.
Did you know, however, that George Armstrong Custer escaped a similar occurrence during the Civil War?
Take a ride on Virginia Route 33 going Southeast from Gordonsville, which is located Northeast of Charlottesville. You will be following a railroad track on your left. This was a major supply line to Gordonsville where a hospital for the Confederate soldiers was located. Before you arrive at Louise you will see a historical marker of the left side of the road. Stop there and be amazed. In bold letters the sign announces the site of Custer's First Last Stand. You are at a railroad crossing called Trevilian Station. You will not find it on a map, but the site and station were very important during the Civil War era.
Some accounts write him as a great hero, who saved the colors from being captured by Wade Hampton 's troops. This is the rest of the story of what happened that day. On June 11, 1864 Trevilian Station was the site of Custer's FIRST LAST STAND. Travilian Station was loaded with ammunition, caissons and hundreds of horses. Custer decided to be greedy and capture all of this booty. He did so in grand fashion, but found out that he was surrounded by not only Hampton's troops, but also by Fitzhugh Lee's Cavalry. He did not notice a Confederate horse artillery unit on a hill. The decimated his front line troops. His flanks were also under attack. General Philip Sheridan heard the gun firing and came to rescue Custer and his troops. The Union suffered more than1, 000 casualties, while the Confederacy loses were about 600. Custer was to repeat this event many years later at the Little Big Horn River. We know what happened there. Consistency is so nice.
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Frequently Asked Questions...
History of Thomas Loughney , Youngest enlisted soldier during the cival war.?
Mr. Loughney was a buglar in company L,,Seventh Michigan cavalry, Custer's brigade from May 14th,1863-March 10,1866. He was a prisoner at Andersonville prison. He was 14 years old at the time of his enlistment.
Answer:
Not true here is a quote from the 1863 Harper's Weekly when one seven year Thomas Nast was still a Union drummer boy. It was a quite the practice as drums did all the commands and could be heard over a battle. After quite a few deaths and the public complaints the Union raised the enlistment age to 14. The South however always hurting for manpower continued them through out the war; in fact they were know to have looking the other ways when 10 and 12 yr olds enlisted to fight. God Bless You and Our Southern Boys.
