Did Custer Die in This Coat?

“One must draw their own conclusion regarding the history of this jacket based on the documentation!” Rock Island Auction told collectors in its description of the lot that the Dietzen family claimed was the coat George A. Custer had died in at the 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn. The documentation consists of Joseph Dietzen’s discharge papers confirming he was in the service at the time of Custer’s death and a 1958 letter from Dietzen’s son, John, explaining how his father got t