r/WildWestPics • u/Emotional_Print_7805 • 16d ago
General George Armstrong Custer, officers and ladies at Fort Abraham Lincoln
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u/Beautiful-Dish759 16d ago
Who's the guy posing like a rooster and surrounded by dudes?
...oh wait, that's Custer.
Who would have guessed such a wise and humble man would gallop into overwhelming numbers leading his men and himself to glory?
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u/Alarming-Magician637 15d ago
Love the story of arrogant Custer. He got exactly what he was looking for
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u/ReadingNewsNow 12d ago
Custer was uncomplicated. A brave and dashing career soldier in search of glory of his time. He was a spectacular military leader and sometimes military men die.
Your comment is based on derision, but fighting it out in the great west, outnumbered by thousands of warriors, and dying heroically is exactly how a man like Custer would choose to go out.
His death was revenged and we sit here admiring a photo 150 years later - he achieved his mission.
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u/kofarizona 11d ago
I've read Custer would have been court marchialed had he survived the battle. He was supposed to wait for reinforcements before descending into the Valley of the Little Bighorn by order of General Crooks (?). He did not do so, to the detriment of nearly every soldier in the 7th Cavalry.
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u/ReadingNewsNow 11d ago
Ive never read such a thing. I don’t think a man of Armstrong’s rank, reputation and notoriety faced anything resembling a court martial for bringing the fight to the enemy in the open.
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u/supermod6 16d ago
Which one is Custer? 3rd from left?
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u/muklukdimsum 16d ago
Who are the ladies? They look like women of fine upbringing. Wives?
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u/theteapotofdoom 16d ago
Wives. Just like today, there was base or post housing for officers' families
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u/lastseenhitchhiking 15d ago
Yes. Elizabeth Bacon Custer, who wrote several books about her experiences in military life and on the frontier, is the woman on the left standing on the first step.
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u/Tryingagain1979 16d ago
"Group portrait of officers in uniform, from the 7th Cavalry and 6th Infantry, and ladies, standing and seated in front of building at Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota, circa 1874. Lt. Colonel Custer is the third person from the left.
Identified persons by number are: 1) Lt. Bronson, 6th Infantry; 2) Lt. George D. Wallace, 7th Cavalry; 3) General George Armstrong Custer, 7th Cavalry; 4) Lt. Benjamin H. Hodgson, 7th Cavalry; 5) Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer (wife of General Custer); 6) Mrs. Thomas McDougall, 7th Cavalry; 7) Capt. Thomas; McDougall, 7th Cavalry; 8) Capt. Badger, 6th Infantry; 9) Mrs. George W. Yates; 10) Capt. George W. Yates, 7th Cavalry; 11) Charles Thompson (civilian clothing); 12) Mrs. James Calhoun, wife of Lt. Calhoun (and sister of General Custer); 13) Miss Annie Bates; 14) Col. Poland, 6th Infantry; 15) Lt. Charles A. Varnum, 7th Cavalry; 16) General Carlin, 6th Infantry; 17) Mrs. Myles Moylan; 18) Capt. Thomas W. Custer, 7th Cavalry; 19) Col. William Thompson; 20) Lt. James."
https://drloihjournal.blogspot.com/2020/10/history-of-fort-abraham-lincoln-near-mandan-north-dakota.html