Thomas Custer George Custer had become sterile after contracting gonorrhea while at West Point, and that the father of these children was his brother Thomas. Thomas Custer Thomas Ward Custer (March 15, 1845 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor for bravery during the American Civil War. A younger brother of George Armstrong Custer, he served as his aide at the Battle of Little Bighorn against the Lakota and Cheyenne in the Montana Territory. Together with the younger Boston Custer, the three brothers were killed in that overwhelming defeat of United
Thomas Bailey Marquis the property. He began publishing his own pamphlets for sale at the museum and the Custer battlefield. Titles in 1933 were: "Sketch Story of the Custer Battle", "She Watched Custer's Last Battle", "Custer Soldiers Not Buried", and "Which Indian Killed Custer?", in 1934 "Sitting Bull and Gall the Warrior", and in 1935 "Two Days After the Custer Battle". In December 1933, Marquis began his last book, "Keep the Last Bullet for Yourself: The True Story of Custer's Last Stand". Marquis considered this his most important work – the subject was his central interest and he regarded much of his previous