Charles Varnum

Lt Varnum's grave in San Francisco
CUSTER'S SCOUT

Charles Albert Varnum (New York, June 21, 1849 - San Francisco, February 26, 1936) was a career United States Army officer who graduated from the Academy of West Point in 1872. He was most noted as the commander of the scouts for George Armstrong Custer in the Little Bighorn Campaign during the Black Hills War, as well as being awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in a conflict following theWounded Knee.