Image ID: AZHD

Credit:

by Goff (Orlando S.)

Date:

1875.07

Locations & Lines:

Dakota Territory

Military Units:

US Army

Persons:

Baker (Stephen); Calhoun (James); Calhoun (Margaret C.); Cooke (William W.); Custer (Boston); Custer (Elizabeth C. B.); Custer (George A.); Custer (Thomas W.); Edgerly (Winfield S.); Keogh (Myles W.); Lord (George E.); Paulding (Holmes A.); Smith (Algernon); Smith (Nettie); Swett (Leonard); Thompson (Richard E.); Wadsworth (Emma); Wadsworth (Nellie); Watson (Emily); Wier (Thomas B.)

Sources:

Library of Congress

Library of Congress says: Major General George A. Custer with officers & wives, Little Heart River, Dakota Territory.

Katz, Custer In Photographs, p123 says: Outing on the Little Hart River near Fort Abraham Lincoln, July 1875, by Orlando S. Goff. Identified, from left, are: Lieutenant James Calhoun; Mr. Leonard Swett; Captain Stephen Baker, 6th U.S. Infantry; Boston Custer; 2nd Lieutenant Winfield S. Edgerly; Miss Emily Watson; Captain Myles W. Keogh; Mrs. Margaret Custer Calhoun; Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer; Dr. Holmes O. Paulding; Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer; Mrs. Nettie Smith; Dr. George E. Lord; Captain Thomas B. Weir; 1st Lieutenant William W. Cooke; 2nd Lieutenant Richard E. Thompson, 6th U.S. Infantry; Miss Nellie Wadsworth; Miss Emma Wadsworth; 1st Lieutenant Thomas W. Custer; 1st Lieutenant Algernon E. Smith.

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