Last Photo of George Custer

[Diane Merkel]

From a website visitor:

Is there a last known photograph of the General, possibly taken shortly before the battle?

[crzhrs]

I keep hoping when I'm at a yard sale I find an unknown photo of Custer taken just before leaving on the LBH campaign. That would be worth mucho!

[Tricia]

Wasn't CNN there ... you know, Peter Arnett, John Holliman, Bernie Shaw ...? Oh, wait. That was the Iraqi War, not the Indian War ... ahem.

Here it is--the mustache doesn't seem so scary as it does in many photos of Custer during the FAL years:



Taken on or about 4.23.1876, from Katz's Custer In Photographs.

BTW ... what medal is GAC toting upon his breast? Is it GAR? Looking at the award again, it doesn't appear to be from the Grand Army of the Republic ... anyone?

--t.

[harpskiddie]

CNN would have been there, but in the immortal words of one of their news anchors were getting ready to "Go ahead and proceed on forward."

Gordie,
together again for the first time, one night only, next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday..............

[crzhrs]

Is that ALL the medals he got? I thought his chest would be covered in metal.

[Tricia]

harpskiddie said:

CNN would have been there, but in the immortal words of one of their news anchors were getting ready to "Go ahead and proceed on forward."

Gordie,
together again for the first time, one night only, next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday..............

Maybe Geraldo was there, reporting for Fox as an embed: "Here I am with General Custer, live! Just near the Divide at the Wolf Mountains! Let me give you the GPS readings for all of you mapping the Seventh's movements ...!"

Meanwhile, Mrs. Sitting Bull is ironing, watching FOX News. "Honey, did you hear that? The reporter just gave us Long Hair's position and it's really close!"

--t.

[Tricia]

crzhrs said:

Is that ALL the medals he got? I thought his chest would be covered in metal.

"No, that's Tom and all (Custer rolls his eyes) those damn baubles."