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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09024 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | George Armstrong Custer to Senator J. M. Howard defending himself against accusations |
| Date | 19 January 1864 |
| Author | Custer, George Armstrong (1839-1876) |
| Recipient | Howard, J.M. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Defends against accusations that he was "an opponent to the Lincoln admistration." States that he is against slavery, rumors of his disloyalty bear no truth, and are from "those who want to see me defeated ... I would, and do, favor a war of extermination. I would hang every human being who possesses a drop of rebel blood in their veins whether they be men, women, or children. |
| Subjects | President Slavery Death Penalty Confederate States of America |
| People | Custer, George Armstrong (1839-1876) Howard, J. M. (1805-1871) |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |