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The illustrious millitary career and life of Captain Thomas W. Custer ended at Custer's Last Stand, at the side of his older brother, George Armstrong Custer.
Tom was famous in his own right, being the FIRST American soldier to be awarded two Medals of Honor for his actions in the Civil War. Tom had also had a publicized feud with the Hunkpapa Sioux warrior, Rain in the Face, whom Tom had arrested for murder. After Rain in the Face escaped his confinement at Fort Abraham Lincoln, he sent Tom a message that he would cut out Tom's heart.
Rain in the Face was also at the Battle of the Little Bighorn... did he get his revenge?
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Reading List:
Fates Change Horses: Camping with the Custers on the Heart River, by Gary Stewart & Debra J. Richardson
Tom Custer: Ride to Glory, by Carl F. Day
The Other Custers, by Bill Yenne
General Custer’s Libbie, By Lawrence Frost
Washita, by Jerome Greene
Custer and His Last Battle: The Benteen- Goldin Letters, edited by John Carroll
Indian Raids & Massacres, by Jeff Broome
Boots and Saddles, by Elizabeth Custer
Tenting on the Plains, by Elizabeth Custer
My Life on the Plains, by George Custer
The Officer Corps of Custer’s Seventh Cavalry, James B. Klokner
Articles and Links:
Mark Miner’s www.minerd.com
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If you too have a passion for the 7th Cavalry, please consider joining:
Little Bighorn Associates
www.thelbha.com
Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association
custerbattlefield.org
Custer Association of Great Britain
www.english-westerners-society.org.uk
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