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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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States citizen
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
surface form: United States
deathDate 1933-04-04
educatedAt Young Ladies’ Seminary in Monroe NERFINISHED
familyName Bacon NERFINISHED
father Daniel Bacon NERFINISHED
genre memoir
nonfiction
givenName Elizabeth NERFINISHED
hasNoChildren true
knownFor defending the reputation of George Armstrong Custer
lectures about frontier army life
popularizing a heroic image of George Armstrong Custer
languageOfWorkOrName English
livedDuring American Civil War era NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Following the Guidon NERFINISHED
Tenting on the Plains NERFINISHED
occupation author
lecturer
memoirist
placeOfBirth Monroe, Michigan NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
religion Episcopalian
residence Fort Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED
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
life in U.S. Army frontier posts

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George Armstrong Custer spouse Elizabeth Bacon Custer
They Died with Their Boots On portrays Elizabeth Bacon Custer