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Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: December 21, 2014
Caption:
Custer Monument - Interpretive Display | Additional Description:
Panel 10 - caption 3
The Battle of the Washita established Custer's reputation as an Indian fighter. A uniform of buckskin reinforced his identity as a plainsman. He grew a winter beard but later shaved it and returned to his characteristic blond mustache and long red-gold hair.
Courtesy of the Western National Parks AssociationSubmitted: December 22, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p296037
File Size: 2.752 Megabytes
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