Fort Custer - A Dennis Byrne of Ireland is listed as a soldier at Fort Custer at 1877-1880. He was 45 at the time (1880) and had served in the 5th infantry. Also spelled Denis Bryne. Byrne received the prestigious Medal of Honor for ""Gallantry in Engagements"" during the Sioux Campaign of 1876 and 1877. He is wearing the Medal in the photo. He died at Bird Island, Minnesota on December 31, 1905, at age 72.
Subject (TGM)
Pioneers--Montana--Yellowstone County--Billings. Byrne, Dennis. Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895.Indians of North America Wars Montana. Medal of Honor. Fort Custer (Mont.) United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 5th (1815-1957)
Rights Management
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Unknown
Contributing Institution
Billings Public Library
Geographic Coverage
Billings (Mont.)
Digital Collection
Billings Public Library Historic Collection
Genre (AAT)
photographs
Type
Image;StillImage
Digitization Specifications
HP Scanner, unknown model, unknown scanning software; 70,036,038 Bytes file size for master TIF file; 4599 x 5802 dimension size for master TIF file; web-viewable images created from master TIF using Microsoft Office Picture Manager and CONTENTdm 6.0.
