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Custer Monument: 1879 Dedicated in 1879 in honor of George Armstrong Custer, this monument once stood near the site of present-day Taylor Hall. The pedestal once had a statue of Custer atop of it, but after objections to the statue design by Custer's wife, the statue was replaced by an obelisk.
Congress approved of a statue, to be made from 20 condemned bronze cannons, and for $10,000, of which $6,000 had been subscribed by citizens of New York. [1] The monument was originally located near the academy's headquarters building near the site of present-day Taylor Hall along Thayer Road.
Phillip Sheridan equestrian statue (Somerset), Carl Heber sculptor, 1905 The figure at the top of the monument, for which Private Fair served as the model, was replaced by a bronze version of the same piece in 1993, the Fair statue now serving as another monument. [43] Dayton Memorial Hall, which commemorates the Civil War as well as other wars
Custer's wife Elizabeth, who had accompanied him in many of his frontier expeditions, did much to advance his fame with the publication of several books about her late husband: Boots and Saddles, Life with General Custer in Dakota, [134] Tenting on the Plains, or General Custer in Kansas and Texas [135] and Following the Guidon., [136] thus ...
Custer City is situated in Farm to Market Road 2896. It was established in 1876 by Jim Jones, who built a cotton gin and flour mill. It was originally called Centennial City because it was founded on the United States Centennial. It was later renamed to Custer City after George Armstrong Custer. A post office opened in 1877, and operated until ...
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Historic site Image Location Nearest city County Coordinates Supervising agency Notes Acton State Historic Site: FM 167: Acton: Hood: THC Barrington Plantation
Army of Tennessee – Louisiana Division (Albert Sidney Johnston), by Alexander Doyle, Metairie Cemetery, 1877. P.G.T. Beauregard Monument, by Alexander Doyle, City Park (New Orleans), 1915. Bernardo de Galvez, by Juan de Ávalos, International Trade Mart, 1976–77. A replica of de Ávalos's statue in Washington, DC.