General George Armstrong Custer and General Alfred Pleasanton on Horseback

LIBI_00019_00229; This item is a black-and-white photograph of General George Custer and General Alfred Pleasanton on horseback with tents in the background. The photograph is 5 x 6 7/8" unmounted and was produced circa 1861 by Matthew B. Brady. Some fading is present around the edges of the image. On the verso, a handwritten notation in pencil reads, "General Custer as a Lieutenant on General Pleasanton's staff during the Civil War. Civil War - G.A. Custer was a Lieutenant on Gen'l Pleasanton's staff - Virginia - Army of the Potomac."Note: "Pkg 3/Custer Chest" handwritten on the verso. Photograph reprinted in "The Custer Album" by Lawrence A. Frost, page 39, and "Custer in Photographs" by D. Mark Katz, page 12.; PRINT, PHOTOGRAPHIC; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00019_00229, Mathew B. Brady, "General George Armstrong Custer and General Alfred Pleasanton on Horseback," circa 1861