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Custer Monument - Interpretive Display
Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: December 21, 2014
Caption: Custer Monument - Interpretive Display
Additional Description: Panel 8 - caption 3
In 1863, with McClellan relieved, Captain Custer joined the staff of General Alfred Pleasonton, cavalry chief of the Army of the Potomac. Bold, aggressive, and expert at communicating critical intelligence, Custer impressed Pleasanton as a young officer of high potential.
Ohio Historical Society Archives Library
Submitted: December 22, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p296023
File Size: 2.500 Megabytes

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