Keywords: Telegram from Adjutant General of the U.S. Army, Washington, DC, to Assistant Adjutant General in Chicago, Asking for... - NARA - 300378.tif Scope and content Before Army headquarters in Washington DC had received any official report on the battle newspapers reported on July 6 that Custer had suffered some disaster Adjutant General E D Townsend sent this telegram to Chicago to obtain offical information on the action General notes Folder 1 ExhibitHistory American Originals December 1997 - December1998 National Archives Rotunda Washington DC Exhibit No 624 225 300378 Local identifier War Department The Adjutant General's Office 03/04/1907 - 09/18/1947 Archives I Reference Section Textual Archives Services Division NWCT1R National Archives Building 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20408 1876-07-06 Record group Record Group 94 Records of the Adjutant General's Office 1762 - 1984 Record group ARC 423 Letters Received compiled 1805 - 1889 Series ARC 300368 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWCTB-94-CORRPI17E12-3770 1876 <br /> NAIL Control Number NWDT1-94-CORR-PI17E12-3770 1876 yes Other versions <gallery> File Telegram_from_Adjutant_General_of_the_U S _Army _Washington _DC _to_Assistant_Adjutant_General_in_Chicago _Asking_for _-_NARA_-_300378 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov NARA TIF images with categorized JPGs |