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1885. An insightful description of garrison and camp life by the wife of Geroge Armstrong Custer. Due to the isolation of the Calvary posts she says they often felt as separate from the rest of the world as if they had been living on a desert island. She also answers questions that were often posed to her concerning their occupations, amusements and housekeeping. Contents: Change of Station, A Blizzard, Western Hospitality, Calvary on the Marc...

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Reproduction of the original: Tenting on the Plains by Elizabeth B. Custer

Reproduction of the original: Tenting on the Plains by Elizabeth B. Custer

Excerpt from Tenting on the Plains: Or General Custer in Kansas and TexasThe soldiers, accustomed to suppression through strict mili tary discipline, now vehemently expressed their feelings, and though it gladdened the General's heart, it was still the hardest sort °of work to endure it all without Show Of emo tion. As he rode up to where I was waiting, he could not, dared not, trust himself to speak to me. TO those intrepid men he was indebte...

Excerpt from The Boy General: Story of the Life of Major-General George A. CusterThe boy general is a condensed sur vey Of the life Of major-general George Arm strong Custer, as told by his wife, Elizabeth B. Custer, in her matchless books, Tenting on the Plains, Following the Guidon, and Boots and Saddles. It summarizes General Custer's public services, from the reorganiza tion Of Texas after the Civil War and the sup pression Of the intended...

Excerpt from Boots and Saddles: Or Life in Dakota With General CusterThis ignorance exists especially with reference to anything pertaining to the cavalry, which is almost invariably stationed on the extreme frontier.The isolation of the cavalry posts makes them quite inaccessible to travellers, and the exposure incident to meeting warlike Indians does not tempt the visits of friends or even of the venturesome tourist. Our life, therefore, was...

About the Book Books about the United States Military History generally begin with the American War of Independence, 1775-1783, against the United Kingdom, however the American Civil War (1861-1865) was responsible for more casualties than all its other wars combined. The US had a role World War 1 (1917-18), and was a decisive factor in World War II (1941-1945). Other wars have included the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, Korea, Vietnam...

About the Book Books about the United States Military History generally begin with the American War of Independence, 1775-1783, against the United Kingdom, however the American Civil War (1861-1865) was responsible for more casualties than all its other wars combined. The US had a role World War 1 (1917-18), and was a decisive factor in World War II (1941-1945). Other wars have included the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, Korea, Vietnam...

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