Telegram from Adjutant General of the U.S. Army, Washington, DC, to Assistant Adjutant General in Chicago, Asking for Reports on Custer's Fate
7/6/1876
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Before Army headquarters in Washington, DC, had received any official report on the battle, newspapers reported on July 6 that Custer had suffered some "disaster." Adjutant General E.D. Townsend sent this telegram to Chicago to obtain official information on the action.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Adjutant General's Office.
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300378Full Citation: Telegram from Adjutant General of the U.S. Army, Washington, DC, to Assistant Adjutant General in Chicago, Asking for Reports on Custer's Fate; 7/6/1876; Records of the Adjutant General's Office, Record Group 94. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/telegram-from-adjutant-general-of-the-us-army-washington-dc-to-assistant-adjutant-general-in-chicago-asking-for-reports-on-custers-fate, May 4, 2024]