FEBRUARY 9, 1864:
Brigadier General George Custer U.S.A. marries
Elizabeth “Libbie” Bacon in Monroe, Michigan. Custer was the youngest General
in the Union Army, having earned his stars in 1863 at age 23. The vivacious and
pretty Libbie became her husband’s strongest professional advocate. It was in part
due to her persuasive and pleasant personality that Custer was eventually
promoted to Major General and was posted to the postbellum frontier as
Commander of the Seventh Cavalry.
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