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title: Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer c. 1865
author: Mathew Brady
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18923/brevet-major-general-george-armstrong-custer-c-186/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-09-25
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# Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer c. 1865

_Authored by Mathew Brady_

## Image File

[![Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer c. 1865](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/18923.jpeg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/18923.jpeg)

## Image Caption

Brevet Major General [George Armstrong Custer](https://www.worldhistory.org/George_Armstrong_Custer/) in the field uniform of the Union Army of the [American Civil War](https://www.worldhistory.org/American_Civil_War/). Original photograph by Mathew Brady, c. 1865. Cropped and retouched by Scewing.

Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Brady, M. (2024, May 07). Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer c. 1865. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18923/brevet-major-general-george-armstrong-custer-c-186/>
### Chicago
Brady, Mathew. "Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer c. 1865." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 07, 2024. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18923/brevet-major-general-george-armstrong-custer-c-186/>.
### MLA
Brady, Mathew. "Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer c. 1865." *World History Encyclopedia*, 07 May 2024, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18923/brevet-major-general-george-armstrong-custer-c-186/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Custer_Bvt_MG_Geo_A_1865_LC-BH831-365-crop.jpg) by [**Mathew Brady**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Custer_Bvt_MG_Geo_A_1865_LC-BH831-365-crop.jpg). Submitted by [Joshua J. Mark](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/JPryst/ "User Page: Joshua J. Mark"), published on 07 May 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.