Search results
Elizabeth Bacon Custer (née Bacon; April 8, 1842 – April 4, 1933) was an American author and public speaker who was the wife of Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer, United States Army.
Nov 21, 2019 · When she died in her Park Avenue apartment in New York on April 4, 1933, just four days shy of her 91st birthday, Elizabeth Bacon Custer left an estate valued at more than $100,000. She was buried beside her husband at West Point. Originally published in the April 2006 issue of Civil War Times.
Feb 1, 2016 · Elizabeth Bacon Custer was born in Monroe, Michigan in 1842. She faced tragedy early on, losing three siblings before age eight and her mother at 12. But “Libbie” had an adaptable and resilient nature, which would prove advantageous while marching with her husband’s troops years later.
May 3, 2020 · The one individual who is responsible for establishing a positive image for George Armstrong Custer was this lady, Elizabeth Bacon Custer. Born in Monroe, Michigan on April 8, 1842, Elizabeth was married to one of the most colorful military leaders in American history.
Mar 13, 2020 · For nearly 160 years, Elizabeth Bacon Custer has been the most famous military wife in American history. During her lifetime, she was widely admired for her grit, humor, intelligence, and vivacity and is still remembered today, but perhaps more as George Armstrong Custer’s widow than for her own accomplishments.
Elizabeth Bacon (c. 1541 – 3 May 1621) was an English aristocrat. She is presumed to have been the Lady Neville of My Ladye Nevells Booke, an important manuscript of keyboard music by William Byrd, which was compiled in 1591.
Elizabeth Bacon Custer, the only surviving child of Judge Daniel and Eleanor Sophia (Page) Bacon, was born at Monroe, Michigan, on April 8, 1842. At twenty Libbie, as she was called, graduated as valedictorian from the Young Ladies' Seminary and Collegiate Institute in Monroe.
Mar 5, 2021 · The personal letters of General Custer and his wife Elizabeth Bacon, are well worth reading for their picture of frontier army life and for tracing Custer's career on the western plains. Both Custers were prolific and prolix letter-writers.
Elizabeth Clift [Bacon] Custer (1842-1933) Libbie Custer is best known as wife to Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer, widowed when her husband was killed during the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. Elizabeth Clift Bacon was born in Monroe, Michigan on April 8, 1842, to wealthy and influential Judge Daniel Stanton Bacon and Eleanor Sophia ...
Oct 1, 2015 · Summary. This chapter seeks to recognize the scope of Libbie Custer's influence by positioning her as a creator of the broader myth of the American West. Over the course of her career as a widow and author, Libbie carried very explicit ideas about how to best honor George Armstrong Custer, and reacted as if she herself had suffered a personal ...
