They inspired men to perform to the best of their abilities and as such were zealously protected during battle. They served as a source of morale and fierce, loyal pride. In a practical sense, they were used in signaling and communicating, but they also symbolized all that was important to the troops they represented. Battle flags were extremely important parts of the battlefield during the Civil War. Photograph by Matthew Brady courtesy of the US Library of Congressīoth of the younger Custer’s Medals of Honor involved the capture of Confederate battle flags. Portrait of George (left), Thomas, and George’s wife Elisabeth (Libbie) Bacon Custer circa 1865. He was the first soldier ever to do so, one of just nineteen in US military history. Tom Custer was awarded the Medal of Honor twice. And these are no minor awards I’m talking about. I was a cadet who barely knew one end of an M16 from the other, let alone a decorated field-grade officer with years of combat experience. When I was 20, I was still doing keg stands at the frat house. He worked his way up the ranks, eventually becoming a captain, major, and finally lieutenant colonel by the time the Civil War ended, all having barely reached the tender age of 20.
Thomas accompanied his brother in this capacity for the remainder of the war. Working his way up the ranks, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in Company B of the 6th Michigan Cavalry, where he became aide-de-camp to his brother George. He fought in many early campaigns of the American Civil War as a private in the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Thomas Custer enlisted in the Union Army in September of 1861 at 16. His name was Boston, and he died while fighting alongside his brothers at Little Bighorn. Image Credit: īefore I go any further, I feel I should mention that a third Custer brother was serving in the Army at the same time as George and Thomas. “If you want to know what I think of him, all I can say is Tom ought to have been the general and I the captain.” Captain Thomas Ward Custer, two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Here is what his more famous brother George had to say about him: But there was another Custer in the Army at the time, George’s younger brother Thomas Ward Custer. “How could we not be thrilled to do this tattoo for a mother and daughter who didn’t flinch at the idea of getting a gay pride tattoo for and with her kid!!!” the artist captioned the photo, “More of this in the world please.When you think of the name “Custer,” most people automatically think of General George Armstrong Custer and his death at Little Bighorn.
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