Elizabeth Bacon Custer
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Elizabeth Bacon Custer was an American author and public figure who devoted much of her life to defending and shaping the legacy of her husband, General George Armstrong Custer, after his death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elizabeth Bacon Custer canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States citizen
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human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ public figure ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1842-04-08 ⓘ |
| birthName | Elizabeth Clift Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | West Point Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| deathDate | 1933-04-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Young Ladies’ Seminary in Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Daniel Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
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nonfiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Elizabeth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNoChildren | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defending the reputation of George Armstrong Custer
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lectures about frontier army life ⓘ popularizing a heroic image of George Armstrong Custer ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| livedDuring |
American Civil War era
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Gilded Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Progressive Era NERFINISHED ⓘ Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1864-02-09 ⓘ |
| militaryConflictContext | American Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Eleanor Sophia Page Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Lost Cause of the Confederacy literature supporter of Custer’s image ⓘ |
| name | Elizabeth Bacon Custer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Boots and Saddles
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Following the Guidon NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenting on the Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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lecturer ⓘ memoirist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Monroe, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| residence |
Fort Abraham Lincoln
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Monroe, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| significantEvent | widowed after the Battle of the Little Bighorn ⓘ |
| spouse | George Armstrong Custer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographies about Elizabeth Bacon Custer ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
George Armstrong Custer’s military career
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life in U.S. Army frontier posts ⓘ |
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