Index
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Aide-de-camp position
Alcohol
Aldie
Alexander, Edward P.
Alger, Russell A.
Bristoe campaign and
Chickahominy crossing and
Gettysburg and
James City and
Richmond and
Trevilian Station and
Allen, R. O.
Ambrotypes
Andersonville Prison
Antietam, Battle for
Appomattox Station
Army of Northern Virginia
Army of Virginia
Arrests
Ash, Joseph P.
Averell, William W.
Bacon, Albert
Bacon, Daniel (father-in-law)
approval of
disapproval of
engagement and
life of
Bacon, Eleanor Sophia
Bacon, Elizabeth. See Custer, Libbie (wife)
Bacon, Rhoda (mother-in-law)
Baker, Laurence S.
Ball, Charles
Ballard, S. A.
Ballard, S. H.
Balloon Corps
Banks, Nathaniel
Bank’s Ford
Barbour, John S. “Jack”
Barnard, John G.
Barse, George R.
Battle flags
Beauregard, Pierre G. T.
Beaver Dam Station,
Benet, Stephen Vincent
Benny Havens Tavern
Beverly Ford
Bingham, John A.
Birge, Manning D.
Birth of George Custer
Black Horse Cavalry
Black Thursday
Blackford, William
Blair, Austin
Bolza, Charles E.
Boonsboro
Bowen, Nicholas
Boyd, Erasmus J.
Bragg, Braxton
Brandy Station
Brewer, Charles
Briggs, George
Bristoe Campaign
Brooke-Rawle, William
Brown, Eliza Denison
Brown, G. Campbell
Brown, John
Browne, Mortimer L.
Buchanan, James
Buckland Races
Buell, Don Carlos
Buford, John
Beverly Ford and
Bristoe Campaign and
cavalry organization and
Culpeper and
Heth and
Jones’s Crossroads and
Williamsport and
Buhrman, C. H.
Bull Run, First Battle of
Bull Run, Second Battle of
Bummers
Burnside, Ambrose E.
Burnt District
Burton’s Ford
Butler, M. C.
Buttermilk Farms
Camp followers
Capeheart, Henry
Carlisle
Cavalry tactics
Cedar Creek
Cemetery Ridge
Chambersburg
Chambliss, John
Brandy Station and
Gettysburg and,
Hagerstown and
Jones’s Crossroads and
Chancellorsville, Battle of
Chandler, Zachariah
Chapman, George
Chickahominy River
Christiancy, Isaac
Christiancy, James
Christianity
Church, Albert
Churchill, Norvil F.
Cisco, Johnny
A Complete Life of Gen. George A. Custer (Whittaker)
Comte, Victor
Confederate States of America, formation of
Copeland, Joseph
Copperheads
Court martials
Crawford, George
Cress Ridge
Cub Run Bridge
Culpeper,
Custer, Boston (brother)
Custer, Brice (half-brother)
Custer, Emanuel (father)
Custer, John (half-brother)
Custer, Libbie (wife)
after death of Custer
at ceremony for promotion to general
concerns of
courtship of
early life of
engagement to
Fanny Fifield and
feelings of
initial encounter with
life after marriage
at Long Meadow
marriage proposal and
at signing of surrender document
wedding and
on West Point
Custer, Margaret (sister)
Custer, Maria (mother)
Custer, Nevin (brother)
Custer, Thomas (brother)
birth of
joining army
Medals of Honor and
at wedding
working with
Custer’s Luck
Dabb’s Farm
Dahlgren, Ulrick
Dandridge, Adam
Dandridge, Sallie
Davies, Henry E.
Davis, Benjamin “Grimes”
Davis, Jefferson
Deane, Charles
Delafield, Richard
Demerits
Devin, Thomas C.
Dinwiddie Court House
Dogs
Dorsey, Gus W.
Douglas, Henry
Drafts
Duffie, Alfred
Dunlop, William
Early, Jubal
Gettysburg and
Shenandoah and
at Waynesborough
Early life of George Custer
Elder, Samuel
Eliza (cook). See Brown, Eliza Denison
Emancipation Proclamation
Espionage
Evans, Lemuel D.
Everett, Edward
Ewell, Richard
Executions
Fair Oaks
Falling Waters,
Farnsworth, Elon
Hanover and
promotion of
slaughter of
Farnsworth, John F.
Felty farm
Ferguson, M. J.
Fern, Fanny
Fifield, Fanny
anger of
Libbie Custer and
marriage of
relationship with Custer
Fisher’s Hill,
Five Forks
Flags, captured
Fleetwood Hill
Flourney, Cabell E.
Fontaine, Edmund
Fontaine, John B.
Forney farm
Fought, Joseph
Fredericksburg, Battle of
Fremont, John C.
French, John
Funsten, O. R.
Gallantry, citation for
Gamble, William
Gambling
Gettysburg, Battle for
events preceding
first day at
map of
overview of
retreat after
second day at
Stuart’s role in loss at
third day of
Gettysburg Address
Gordon, James B.
Grant, Ulysses S.
at Lee’s surrender
life of
Sheridan and
Tennessee and
Trevilian Station and
unconditional surrender and
Gray, George
Gray Ghost
Greeley, Horace
Greene, Jacob
Greenwood, Grace
Gregg, David
Brandy Station and
Culpeper and
as division commander
Gettysburg and,
Kelly’s Ford and
Munford and
Todd’s Tavern and
Trevilian Station and
Gregg, John Irvin
Griffin, Charles
Griffin, W. H.
Hagerstown
Halleck, Henry
Hampton, Wade
Beverly Ford and
cavalry organization and
Cress Ridge and
Fleetwood Hill and
Gettysburg and,
Hanover and
Hunterstown and
promotion of
reorganization of cavalry and
supply train capture and
Trevilian Station and
Hancock, Winfield Scott
Hanover Road
Harpers Ferry raid
Harper’s Weekly magazine covers
Harry (horse)
Havens, Edwin
Haw’s Shop, battle at
Hazen, William B.
Heth, Henry
Hill, Ambrose
Holland, Mary Jane “Mallie”
Holmes, Theodore J.
Hooker, Joseph
Chancellorsville and
Lookout Mountain and
promotion of
resignation of
Williamsburg and
Yorktown and
Hookers
Horsemanship
Howard, Jacob M.
Howard, Oliver O.
Hudgin, Dr.
Huey, Pennock
Huff, John A.
Hullihen, W. Q.
Humphrey, Annette (“Nettie”)
Humphrey, Levi S.
Hunter, David
Hunterstown
Imboden, John
Injuries to Custer
Invincibles
Isham, Asa B.
Jackson, Thomas “Stonewall”
Bull Run and
Chancellorsville and
death of
Mechanicsville and
James City
Jenkins, Albert G.
Jenkins, Micah
Johnston, Albert Sidney
Johnston, Joseph E.
Johnston, P. P.
Jones, Anna E.
Jones, William E. “Grumble”
Kearny, Philip
Kellogg, F. W.
Kelly, John
Kelly’s Ford
Kennedy, John Pendleton
Keogh, Myles W.
Kidd, James H.
after Williamsport
Brandy Station and
Bristoe Campaign and
on cavalry tactics
Chickahominy crossing and
Gettysburg and
Kilpatrick and
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid and
Richmond and
Trevilian Station and
Wilderness and
Kill-Cavalry
Kilpatrick, Judson
Aldie and
Boonsboro, Williamsport and
Bristoe Campaign and
cavalry organization and
command of
Culpeper and
death of Farnsworth and men and
espionage and
Gettysburg and
Hanover and
loss of command
Richmond and
wagon train and
Weber’s cavalry unit and
West Point and
Williamsport and
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid
Kirkpatrick, David (half-brother)
Kirkpatrick, Lydia Ann. See Reed, Lydia Ann (half-sister)
“Knight of the Golden Spurs”
Lane, Lafayette “Lafe”
Latane, William
Lea, John “Gimlet”
Lee, Fitzhugh
Aldie and
Brandy Station and
Bristoe Campaign and
cavalry organization and
Gettysburg and,
injury to
as possible successor to Stuart
pursuit of Union cavalry and
Trevilian Station and
Wilderness and
Lee, Harry
Lee, Robert E.
aggressiveness of
appointment as leader of Confederate forces
Boonsboro, Williamsport and
Brandy Station and
Bull Run and
cavalry organization and
Chancellorsville and
Gettysburg and
Harpers Ferry raid and
Rapidan river and
retreat after Gettysburg
Sayler’s Creek and
Stuart and
surrender of
Wilderness and
Lee, Rooney
Lincoln, Abraham
election of
Emancipation Proclamation and
Gettysburg Address and
Libbie Custer and
loyalty to
reelection of
rumors of secession and
Lippincott, Sara
Little Bighorn
Locke’s Ford
Lomax, Lunsford L.
Bristoe Campaign and
cavalry organization and
Culpeper and
Richmond and
Longstreet, James
Appomattox and
Gettysburg and
Stuart and
Williamsburg and
Lowe, Thaddeus S. C.
Luck
Ludlow, William
Lynching parties
Magruder, Fort
Magruder, John B.
Manassas, Battles of
March to the Sea
Marshall, Charles
Martin, James P.
Mattoon, D. C.
McClellan, George Brinton
aide-de-camp to
Antietam and
leadership of
life of
loss of command
presidential candidacy of
promotion of Custer and
relationship with
Seven Days’ Campaign and
Seven Pines and Fair Oaks and
Yorktown and
McClellan, Henry
Brandy Station and
death of Stuart and
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid and
Richmond and
Rummel’s farm and
McClure, William
McCoy’s Ford
McCrea, Tully
McDowell, Irvin
McIntosh, John
McLean, Wilmer
Meade, George Gordon
Bristoe Campaign and
Gettysburg and
Hagerstown and
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid and
life of
Mine Run Campaign and
Richmond and
Stuart and
Mechanicsville, Battle of
Medals of Honor
Merritt, Wesley
Appomattox and
Brandy Station and
Five Forks and
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid and
lack of promotion of
praise for
promotion of
Richmond and
Trevilian Station and
West Point and
Mexican War
Michigan Brigade Ball
Middle Military Division
Miller, William,
Mine Run Campaign
Monroe, Michigan
Moorman, Marcellus N.
Morton’s Ford
Mosby, John Singleton
Munford, Thomas
Music
Namozine Church
National Conscription Act
Neckties, scarlet
Negley, James Scott
Noble, Conway
Owen, Thomas
Palmer, Innes
Palmer, James
Parker, Jim
Parsons, H. C.
Parsons, James
Pate, Henry C.
Paul, E. A.
Payne, W. H.
Peace Platform
Pelham, John
Chambersburg and
death of
praise for
promotion of
Sallie Dandridge and
West Point and
Williamsburg and
Pender, William
Pennington, Alexander
Bristoe Campaign and
Culpeper and
Five Forks and
Gettysburg and,
Lea and
West Point and
Williamsport and
Peterkin, Joshua
Petersburg
Pets
Pettigrew, J. Johnson
Pickett, George E.
Five Forks and
Gettysburg and
Pickett’s charge
Pitts, Fred
Pleasonton, Alfred
aide-de-camp for
Aldie and
Brandy Station and
Bristoe Campaign and
Gettysburg and
heroism of Custer and
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid and
loss of command
support for Custer from
“Pleasonton’s Pet”
Pope, John
Porter, Fitz-John
Potter, Horace
Pranks
Profanity
Quaker guns
Raccoon Ford
Ramseur, Stephen D.
Randol, Alanson,
Reconnaissance
Reed, David (brother-in-law)
Reed, Harry (nephew)
Reed, Lydia Ann (half-sister)
Reno, Marcus
Richmond
Richmond, Loraine
Richmond, Nathaniel P.
Richmond, Rebecca
Roanoke (horse)
Robertson, Beverly
Robertson, James M.
Rooster incident
Rose (dog)
Rosser, Betty
Rosser, Thomas Lafayette
Aldie and
Bristoe Campaign and
Bull Run and
Five Forks and
Gettysburg and
injury to
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid and
lack of confidence in
promotion of
Shenandoah and
Trevilian Station and
West Point and
Wilderness and
Royce, David G.
Rummel’s farm,
Russell’s Ford
Ryerson, Peter
Saber hooks
Saddles
Sanford, George B.
Sayler’s Creek
Scott, Winfield
Secession
Sedgwick, John
Seven Days’ Campaign
Seven Pines and Fair Oaks, Battle of
Seventh Michigan Cavalry
Shenandoah campaign
Sheridan, Philip
command of
Five Forks and
overview of
Richmond and
Shenandoah and
Spotsylvania and
surrender table and
Total War and
Trevilian Station and
Sheridan’s Ride
Sherman, William T.
Shiloh, Battle of
Sims, Robert
Skiff Creek bridge
Slavery
Smith, William F. (“Baldy”)
Somerville Ford
Special Order No. 191
Special sword
Spotsylvania
Stagg, Peter
Stahel, Julius
Stanton, Edwin
Stebbins’ Academy
Stedman, William
Stoneman, George
Storrs, Charles E.
Stuart, Jeb
after Gettysburg
Aldie and
Brandy Station and
Bristoe Campaign and
cavalry organization and
Chambersburg and
Culpeper and
death of
Gettysburg and
Hanover and
Harpers Ferry raid and
injury to
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid and
overview of
purpose of cavalry and
Richmond and
Spotsylvania and
supply train capture and
Wilderness and
Yorktown and
Sumter, Fort
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Surrender table
Swallow Barn (Kennedy)
Taylor, Walter
Terrill, William R.
Thomas, Charles
Thomas, George H.
Thompson, George H.
Thompson, Henry E.
Tobacco
Todd’s Tavern
Tomatoes
Tom’s Brook
Torbert, Alfred T. A.
Harpers Ferry and
promotion of
replacement of
Shenandoah and
Trevilian Station and
Total War
Town, Charles H.
Trevilian Station
United States Military Academy at West Point
appointment to
arrest and
entrance exam for
graduation from
history of
impact of impending war on
time at
Urbanna incident
Vallandingham, Clement L.
Venable, A. R. “Reid”
Vicksburg, siege of
Von Borcke, Heros
Walker, Leicester
Walker, R. Lindsay
War of 1812
Warren, Gouverneur
Washburne, Elihu B.
Washington, James
Washington Artillery
Watts, George
Waynesboro
Weber, Peter
Wedding
Week of Prayer service
Wells, William
West Point Military Academy
appointment to
arrest and
entrance exam for
graduation from
history of
impact of impending war on
time at
Whitaker, Edward W.
Whiting, Charles J.
Whittaker, Frederick
Wickham, Williams C.
Wilcox, C. M.
The Wilderness,
Williamsburg,
Williamsport
Willis, Sara Payson
Wilson, James H.
Winchester,
Winston, Betty. See Rosser, Betty
Winston Farm
Witcher, Vincent
Wolverines
Woodstock Races
Wright, Horatio G.
Wyndham, Percy
Yankee Doodle
Yates, George
Yates, Richard
Yellow Tavern
Yorktown
Young, Pierce M. B.
Zieber, William K.