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Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: December 21, 2014
Caption: Custer Monument - Interpretive Display
Additional Description: Panel 10 - caption 1
With the 7th Cavalry scattered across Kansas in little frontier forts, Custer had scant opportunity to lead men in battle, the source of his success in the Civil War. He learned much about the plains, however, from experienced civilian scouts, both white and Indian.
Courtesy of Custer Battlefield National Monument
Submitted: December 22, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p296035
File Size: 2.516 Megabytes

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