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Subtitled "General Custer in Kansas and Texas", this is one of several books written by his widow who accompanied her husband on his campaigns.

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Elizabeth Custer chronicles the journey with her legendary husband, General George A. Custer, from the time of his leaving the Army of the Potomac, through Texas, New Orleans, and to the western frontier. Her descriptions of the daily rigors of travel, survival, and the people encountered, have become classic historical literature?and in this case, enlivened by the perceptive eye and mind of a woman who, in her own right, became a heroine of t...

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. Custer The 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 intend...

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...

The honeymoon of Elizabeth Bacon and George Armstrong Custer was interrupted in 1864 by his call to duty with the Army of the Potomac. She begged to be allowed to go along, thus setting the pattern of her future life. From that time on, she accompanied General Custer on all of his major assignments, aside from the summer Indian campaigns - "The only woman, " she said, "who always rode with the regiment."Her story, told by herself, is an absorb...

A classic account of life on the Western FrontierMrs Custer-Libby-the love of George Armstrong Custer's life is in some regard no less famous than her husband. They were in the truest sense 'a couple' and our understanding of their relationship has been enhanced by Elizabeth Custer's writing of her time in the company of her husband during his campaigning on the Western Plains against the Indian tribes. Custer was already a legend-The Boy Gene...

A classic account of life on the Western Frontier Mrs Custer-Libby-the love of George Armstrong Custer's life is in some regard no less famous than her husband. They were in the truest sense 'a couple' and our understanding of their relationship has been enhanced by Elizabeth Custer's writing of her time in the company of her husband during his campaigning on the Western Plains against the Indian tribes. Custer was already a legend-The Boy Ge...

Boots and Saddles- OR LIFE IN DAKOTA WITH GENERAL CUSTER by ELIZABETH B. CUSTER. Preface: ONE of the motives that have actuated me in recalling these simple annals of our daily life, has been to give a glimpse to civilians of garrison and camp life about which they seem to have such a very imperfect knowledge. This ignorance exists especially with reference to any thing pertaining to the cavalry, which is almost invariably stationed on the ext...

Elizabeth Custer, nèe Bacon (1842-1933) was the wife of General George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876). After his death, she became an outspoken advocate for her husband's legacy. In 1876, Lieutenant Colonel Custer campaigned against the Sioux. From Fort Abraham Lincoln in what is now North Dakota, he led the Seventh Cavalry in pursuit of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne who refused to be confined to the reservation s...

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General George Custer's life on the plains, from the end of the Civil War to the Battle of the Little Big Horn. As written by his wife Elizabeth. With

Originally published: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885.

From the Army of the Potomac to the Plains Indian War Elizabeth 'Libby' Custer must be commended for her literary efforts. She was certainly responsible for expanding and embellishing the Custer legend, but nevertheless she also left several works which undoubtedly contribute massively to our understanding of life in the U. S Army on the Western Frontier and, irrespective of the insights she has provided into the character and activities of h...

The wife of a famous soldier on campaign on the Western Plains of America Despite a successful career during the Civil War and a meteoritic elevation in rank as the 'Boy General, ' it is the later career of George Armstrong Custer-as the charismatic commander of the 7th Cavalry at war with the Plains Indians on the Western frontier-that has most captured the public imagination. Whilst this has much to do with his final defeat at Little Big Ho...