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Tom Custer may not have been a General like his older brother, George, but he was awarded the HIGHEST military honor a U.S. soldier can receive, the Medal of Honor, TWICE.
He stood by his brother from bloody battles of the Civil War, to Texas unrest, to the ruthless Indian Wars, to the final, and fatal, field of Custer's Last Stand...
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Reading List:
Tom Custer: Ride to Glory, by Carl F. Day
The Other Custers, by Bill Yenne
Indian Raids & Massacres, Jeff Broome
The Court-Martical of General George Armstrong Custer, Lawrence A. Frost
Boots and Saddles, Elizabeth Custer
Tenting on the Plains, Elizabeth Custer
The Officer Corps of Custer’s Seventh Cavalry, James B. Klokner
Mark Miner and his award winning Minerd.Com Website
McNamara, Robert. "Why Were Flags So Important in the Civil War?" ThoughtCo, Aug. 26, 2020, thoughtco.com/flags-importance-in-the-civil-war-1773716.
Tom Custer in the Civil War (globalnet.co.uk)
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If you too have a passion for the 7th Cavalry, please consider joining:
Little Bighorn Associates
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Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association
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Custer Association of Great Britain
www.english-westerners-society.org.uk
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