Captain Grant Marsh piloted the steamer Far West from present-day Hardin, MT to Fort Abraham Lincoln near present-day Bismarck, ND in an unheard of 54 hours to deliver troops wounded at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Confederate General Robert E. Lee flees Gettysburg and is pursued by George Armstrong Custer and Union cavalry on July 4, 1863.

George Armstrong Custer shouts to Michigan volunteer cavalry troopers, “Come on, you Wolverines!”, as they charge into Confederate cavalry on July 3, 1863, the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

George Armstrong Custer is knocked off his horse on July 2, 1863 during a cavalry skirmish at the Battle of Gettysburg.

George Armstrong Custer enters West Point on July 1, 1857.