The Yankee Swashbuckler - George Custer Pencil Illustrations Royal Blue

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Atsina being their Blackfoot name

Jay has won close to two hundred 1st

It is very cleverly painted to represent a crescent moon using his actual eye and nose

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The Yankee Swashbuckler - George Custer Pencil Illustrations Royal BlueThis is a "pencil" of the cocky, flamboyant and brave, golden haired George Armstrong Custer. A general at 23, he was one of the Union's most celebrated cavalrymen. By 1865, the time of this reference photo by Civil War Photographer Matthew Brady, he had seen action in most engagements in the eastern theater. A subordinate described Custer as "the idol, as well as the idol of his men, the foremost cavalry officer of his time." With a showdown battle