| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 341 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Contents |
I. The March Into the Indian Territory 1 -- II. General Custer's Letters Describing the March 11 -- III. White Scouts 24 -- IV. Battle of the Washita 35 -- V. Indian Trails, Councils, and Captives 51 -- VI. In Camp on Big Creek 66 -- VII. Indian Prisoners 83 -- VIII. Corral of the Captives 98 -- IX. Pets of the Camp 112 -- X. A Slow Mule-Race 131 -- XI. Tales of Soldiers' Devotion and Drollery 147 -- XII. Wild Bill as a Magistrate 159 -- XIII. Home of the Buffalo 178 -- XIV. First Women to Hunt Buffaloes 194 -- XV. Hunting Records 213 -- XVI. Army House-Keeping 226 -- XVII. Necessity the Mother of Invention 241 -- XVIII. "Garryowen" Leads the Hunt 263 -- XIX. Army Promotions 278 -- XX. A Flood on Big Creek 289 -- XXI. Rattlesnakes as Neighbors 299 -- XXII. Dandy 324 |
| Summary |
Annotation Libby Custer takes readers back to the late 1860s to follow her husband, General Armstrong Custer, and the Seventh Cavalry to Kansas and the Battle of the Washita River |
| Notes |
Originally published: New York : Harper & Brothers, 1890 |
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"A 1999 digital reproduction retaining the look and feel of the original work."--Title page verso |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
United States. Army -- Military life.
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United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Army fast |
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United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th fast |
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Washita Campaign, 1868-1869.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Armed Forces -- Military life
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North America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781582181189 |
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1582181187 |
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1582181195 |
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9781582181196 |
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