Color photo of General Custer 1862

Ace of Spades has a treat, linking to colorized photos from the late 1800's.   The one below shows General Custer lying down beside his dog.  (Update Jan 2014: Link doesn't work any more but this lower quality image was kept by Google.)

Virginia 1862.  Staff of John Fitz Porter

General of the Union Army. General Custer

is reclining next to the dog.

Modern looking lad: The guy who
didn't assassinate Lincoln.

And another feast of colorized photos from the Civil War era.including Robert E Lee.  Also at this link: Custer, Stonewall Jackson, Lincoln, and the kid who was helping assassin, John Wilkes Booth.   Mark Twain (who briefly served in the Confederate army) has a striking photo from his later years.