Special Orders No. 255 ...

by Direction of the President and

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1p. Signed in print by E. D. Townsend, Adjutant General. Signed in manuscript Lt. Bradley Thomas H. Bradley, 1st Lieutenant, 21st Infantry at lower left. Item #376867 Major Marcus Reno 1834-1889 was Gen. Custer's senior officer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Custer's fateful decision to divide his command, sending Reno south of the Sioux Indian village while he reconnoitered to the north, contributed to the disaster which cost Custer

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