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Spectacular CDV of George Custer as a Brigadier General showing his
long uncut locks of hair. About as mint as they come. Anthony/Brady
backmark. Scarcer pose of the famous Cavalier.
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$2500
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Scarce Cabinet Card of Captain Thomas M McDougal of the 7th US
Cavalry and survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Son of a Union
General, McDougal was born in Wisconsin. Served in the Civil War as a
staff officer and commander of Colored Cavalry being wounded in the
Vicksburg campaign. During the Little Big Horn battle he was in
command of the Pack Train and hooked up with Reno's survivor's and
Benteen on Reno hill. Photographer imprint of Barry.
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$1000
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Rare Cabinet Card photograph of Little Big Horn Casualty Lt James C
Calhoun. Brother in Law to George Custer, Calhoun commanded C
Troop at the Battle of the Little Big Horn where he met his death. Imprint
of Barry of Wisc. Some emulsion loss on top of image from previous
mounting. Little Big Horn images are scarce and prized.
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$1100
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CDV of Major General George Custer by Goldin Washington DC.
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Extremely Rare and Important Autographed CDV of Lt James Calhoun of
the famed 7th US Cavalry. Brother in Law to General George Custer
from marrying his sister. Calhoun served as one of Custer's Company
Commanders at the Battle of the Little Big Horn losing his life there along
with Custer and many others. View is from his service in the 32nd US
Infantry. Backmark by Gentile. Autographed Custer Little Big Horn
images are incredibly scarce, this being the second I have owned, the
other George Yates was sold a few years ago.
James Calhoun (August 24, 1845 – June 25, 1876) was a soldier in the
United States Army during the American Civil War and the Black Hills
War. He was the brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer and was
killed along with Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Calhoun was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. When the American Civil War
broke out, he was travelling in Europe. Upon returning to the United
States, he enlisted in the Union Army in 1864. By the end of the war, he
was a Sergeant.
After the war, he was appointed to Second Lieutenant in the infantry. He
met Margaret Custer in 1870, and they fell in love. His soon to be brother-
in-law George Armstrong Custer had him appointed to First Lieutenant in
the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment, assigned to Company C.
Calhoun was known as "The Adonis of the Seventh" due to his handsome
features, but he was never a womanizer as he married Margaret in 1872.
He was part of the so-called "Custer Clan," which was a clique of close-
knit relatives and friends of the former Civil War general. Calhoun was
also the brother-in-law of fellow Clan member Myles Moylan. He often
wrote letters to his brother and to Margaret, or Maggie as she was called,
and writing with disdain of the Indian barbarianism. He often referred to
them as "heathens" and foresaw a day when civilization would wipe them
out.
At the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana Territory during the Black
Hills War, he was acting as temporary commander of L Company, whose
commander was on detached service as aide to General Philip H.
Sheridan, and killed along with most of the company. His remains were
initially buried on the battlefield, but were reinterred in Fort Leavenworth
National Cemetery in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1877. A marble slab
on the Little Bighorn battlefield marks the place where his body was
discovered and initially buried.
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$3400
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Matted and autographed on the mat photo of Lt General Nelson Miles
taken most likely during the turn of the Century around 1900. Probably
framed at one point, this would look very nice framed again.
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$475
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Scarce pose of George Armstrong Custer as a Brigadier General shown
holding his hat. Backmark Anthony/Brady.
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$2200
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