Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876 to Senator J. M. Howard

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GLC#
GLC09024
Type
Letters
Date
January 19, 1864
Author/Creator
Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
Title
to Senator J. M. Howard
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
8 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Defends against accusations that he was "an opponent to the Lincoln admistration." States that he is against slavery, rumors of his disloyalty bear no truth, and are from "those who want to see me defeated ... I would, and do, favor a war of extermination. I would hang every human being who possesses a drop of rebel blood in their veins whether they be men, women, or children.

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