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Auction: 394 - Coins, Commemorative Medals, Autographs and Documents - e-Auction
Lot: 765

Custer, George Armstrong [Custer, Elizabeth]. U.S. army officer and cavalry commander in the Civil War and the Indian Wars; killed with all his men at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. His wife, Elizabeth "Libbie" Custer, née Bacon, was one of the few army wives to accompany her husband in the field. Her father, Judge Daniel Bacon disapproved of their initial courtship as Custer was the son of a blacksmith. Custer's elevation to Brevet Brigadier General just before the Battle of Gettysburg brought the judge around and the two were married in Monroe, Michigan, February 9, 1864; after Custer's death, Libbie became an outspoken advocate for the legacy of her husband. Trio of Autograph Envelopes. 1) Postmarked Washington, D.C. Jan. 24 1864 to Miss Libbie Bacon / Monroe / Michigan written two weeks before the couple were married; 2) Postmarked "-L. & NASH FEB 11" to Mrs Genl Custer / No 80 Broadway / Louisville / Ky / care of [unclear]; 3) Postmarked Jackson Michigan May 21 to Annie c/o Gen. G. A. Custer / Headquarters Military Division of the Missouri - Chicago / Ill with printed return to address J.W. Hall, Hall Valley, Colorado. Very Good. [3]

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