Captain Thomas W. Custer (Civil War) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftleavenworth.asp. He received the Medal of Honor twice while serving in the U.S. Army, Company B, 6th Michigan Cavalry; first for capturing the flag at Namozine Church, Virginia, on May 3, 1865, and second for actions at Sailor’s Creek, Virginia, April 1865. Custer died in 1876 at the battle of Little Big Horn.
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Studio portrait of George Armstrong Custer, Thomas Custer, and Elizabeth Custer, George's wife.

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