Things I Stumble Upon As I Stumble Around the Internet

 

Custer was awarded 2 different Medals of Honor for his heroics in the American Civil War.

Did you just say you didn’t know that and you want further proof?

OK. It says in the documentation that I stumbled across that Custer, who won 2 Medals of Honor in the Civil War, died at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

What more proof do you need than that?

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Paul Harvey would have loved to tell the Rest of the Story about this one...

Ø The Custer we are talking about was Thomas W. Custer the younger brother of General George Armstrong Custer.

Ø Thomas Custer did win 2 Medals of Honor during the American Civil War for his actions in the Battles of Namozine Church on April 3, 1865 and Sayler's Creek on April 6, 1865.

Ø Thomas was 31 when he died at the Battle of the Little Big Horn along with his older much more famous brother General George Armstrong Custer.

That’s enough dead Custer Brothers who died at the Little Bighorn...Or is it?

Actually there was a third Custer who died in that battle...

George and Thomas' younger brother, Boston Custer was 27 years old when he died at the Little Bighorn.

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That’s not the end of it. There were 2 other Relatives of the General that also died there...

Ø Brother-In-Law James Calhoun 31

Ø Nephew Henry Armstrong Reed 18 (probably the youngest member of the 7^th Calvary).

When is enough enough? George’s Mother Maria and Father Emanuel were still alive when the battle took place. It is hard to imagine their grief. I bet they thought it was more than enough.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

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