Signed by George W. Yates, Captain 7th Cavalry
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Title: Signature of Captain George W. Yates framed with modern photograph
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Clipped signature (3x1") from larger document mounted on modern photograph (7x5"): "Geo. W. Yates, Captain 7th Cavalry"; in Optium Museum Acrylic glass frame: 20x15 cm (8x6").
After the Civil War, in 1866, Yates was appointed a captain in the 7th Cavalry. He served under Lt. Colonel Custer, commanding F Company. He was a member of the so-called "Custer Clan" or "Custer Gang" of close-knit friends and relatives of the General. Yates was killed during the Battle of the Little Bighorn and fell near Custer. According to some accounts, he is said to have taken command of the battalion after the initial fighting at Medicine Tail Coulee, where Custer may have been wounded. Other accounts suggest that he commanded a wing of Custer's battalion, composed of Companies E and F. He was initially buried on the battlefield, but was reinterred in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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