Custer, Thomas Ward

Life Span
to
Full name
Thomas Ward Custer
Place of Birth
Harrison County, OH
Burial Place
Fort Leavenworth, KS
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
3
No. of Spouses
0
No. of Children
0
Family
Emanuel Custer (father), Maria Ward (mother), George Armstrong Custer (brother) 
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
On campaign in western Kansas, the Seventh Cavalry's second in command commits suicide.
On campaign in western Kansas, Custer's Seventh Cavalry suffers a rash of desertions.
Plains Indian Wars
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