Comments on: General George Custer and his Many Dogs

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:58:13 +0000

In reply to PATRICK TUMILTY. I agree! I was so surprised to learn that he actually traveled with a pack of dogs...I was expecting 3 or 4 at most! Thanks for posting.

By: PATRICK TUMILTY

PATRICK TUMILTY — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 02:10:26 +0000

I love seeing all the books on General Custer and his wife Libby and the Dogs a lot of good reading there lot of good history General Custer having all them dogs is amazing

By: Was Major General George Armstrong Custer A Devout Pet Lover? ~ Custer's Last Stand

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 17:49:25 +0000

[…] in the Civil War, but we know a little of what came next. His first dog after the war was Byron, an English Greyhound. When he and his wife, Libby, were living in Hempstead, Texas (where he was stationed at the time), […]

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New York City Dog Show|East Side — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 15:51:06 +0000

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By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:32:05 +0000

In reply to Custer.

Thank you for posting. I agree…I read a lot about Custer and had not come across the dogs. Perhaps they were just so much a part of things…

By: Custer

Custer — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 22:10:18 +0000

Great history! We did not know he liked dogs this way