Defending General Custer's Legacy: Complete Illustrated Trilogy

Defending General Custer's Legacy: Complete Illustrated Trilogy
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Elizabeth Bacon Custer began writing articles and making speaking engagements praising the glory of what she presented as her «martyred» husband, General George Armstrong Custer. Her three books—Boots and Saddles (1885), Tenting on the Plains—(1887), and Following the Guidon (1890) aimed at glorifying her dead husband's memory. Though generally considered to be largely factually accurate, they were clearly slanted in Custer's favor. Her efforts were successful. The image of a steely Custer leading his men against overwhelming odds only to be wiped out while defending their position to the last man became as much a part of American lore as the Alamo.

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Elizabeth Bacon Custer. Defending General Custer's Legacy: Complete Illustrated Trilogy

Defending General Custer’s Legacy: Complete Illustrated Trilogy

Table of Contents

Boots and Saddles: Life in Dakota with General Custer

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. CHANGE OF STATION

CHAPTER II. A BLIZZARD

CHAPTER III. WESTERN HOSPITALITY

CHAPTER IV. CAVALRY ON THE MARCH

CHAPTER V. CAMPING AMONG THE SIOUX

CHAPTER VI. A VISIT TO THE VILLAGE OF “TWO BEARS.”

CHAPTER VII. ADVENTURES DURING THE LAST DAYS OF THE MARCH

CHAPTER VIII. SEPARATION AND REUNION

CHAPTER IX. OUR NEW HOME AT FORT LINCOLN

CHAPTER X. INCIDENTS OF EVERY-DAY LIFE

CHAPTER XI. THE BURNING OF OUR QUARTERS.—CARRYING THE MAIL

CHAPTER XII. PERPLEXITIES AND PLEASURES OF DOMESTIC LIFE

CHAPTER XIII. A “STRONG HEART” DANCE!

CHAPTER XIV. GARRISON LIFE

CHAPTER XV. GENERAL CUSTER’S LITERARY WORK

CHAPTER XVI. INDIAN DEPREDATIONS

CHAPTER XVII. A DAY OF ANXIETY AND TERROR

CHAPTER XVIII. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE POST, AND GARDENING

CHAPTER XIX. GENERAL CUSTER’S LIBRARY

CHAPTER XX. THE SUMMER OF THE BLACK HILLS EXPEDITION

CHAPTER XXI. DOMESTIC TRIALS

CHAPTER XXII. CAPTURE AND ESCAPE OF RAIN-IN-THE-FACE

CHAPTER XXIII. GARRISON AMUSEMENTS

CHAPTER XXIV. AN INDIAN COUNCIL

CHAPTER XXV. BREAKING UP OF THE MISSOURI

CHAPTER XXVI. CURIOUS CHARACTERS AND EXCURSIONISTS AMONG US

CHAPTER XXVII. RELIGIOUS SERVICES.—LEAVE OF ABSENCE

CHAPTER XXVIII. A WINTER’S JOURNEY ACROSS THE PLAINS

CHAPTER XXIX. OUR LIFE’S LAST CHAPTER

APPENDIX

THE YELLOWSTONE EXPEDITION OF 1873

Official Report of the Engagements with Indians on the 4th and 11th ultimo

LETTERS FROM THE BLACK HILLS, 1874

LETTERS FROM THE YELLOWSTONE, 1876

Tenting on the Plains: General Custer in Kansas and Texas

CHAPTER I. GOOD-BY TO THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC

CHAPTER II. NEW ORLEANS AFTER THE WAR

CHAPTER III. A MILITARY EXECUTION

CHAPTER IV. MARCHES THROUGH PINE FORESTS

CHAPTER V. OUT OF THE WILDERNESS

CHAPTER VI. A TEXAS NORTHER

CHAPTER VII. LIFE IN A TEXAS TOWN

CHAPTER VIII. LETTERS HOME

CHAPTER IX. DISTURBED CONDITION OF TEXAS

CHAPTER X. GENERAL CUSTER PARTS WITH HIS STAFF AT CAIRO AND DETROIT

CHAPTER XI. ORDERS TO REPORT AT FORT RILEY, KANSAS

CHAPTER XII. WESTWARD HO!—FIGHTING DISSIPATION IN THE SEVENTH CAVALRY—GENERAL CUSTER'S TEMPTATIONS

CHAPTER XIII. A MEDLEY OF OFFICERS AND MEN

CHAPTER XIV. THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE

CHAPTER XV. A PRAIRIE FIRE

CHAPTER XVI. SACRIFICES AND SELF-DENIAL OF PIONEER DUTY—CAPTAIN ROBBINS AND COLONEL COOK ATTACKED, AND FIGHT FOR THREE HOURS

CHAPTER XVII. A FLOOD AT FORT HAYS

CHAPTER XVIII. ORDERED BACK TO FORT HARKER

CHAPTER XIX. THE FIRST FIGHT OF THE SEVENTH CAVALRY

Following the Guidon

CHAPTER I. THE MARCH INTO THE INDIAN TERRITORY

CHAPTER II. GENERAL CUSTER'S LETTERS DESCRIBING THE MARCH

CHAPTER III. WHITE SCOUTS

CHAPTER IV. BATTLE OF THE WASHITA

CHAPTER V. INDIAN TRAILS, COUNCILS, AND CAPTIVES

CHAPTER VI. IN CAMP ON BIG CREEK

CHAPTER VII. INDIAN PRISONERS

CHAPTER VIII. CORRAL OF THE CAPTIVES

CHAPTER IX. PETS OF THE CAMP

CHAPTER X. A SLOW MULE-RACE

CHAPTER XI. TALES OF SOLDIERS' DEVOTION AND DROLLERY

CHAPTER XII. WILD BILL AS A MAGISTRATE

CHAPTER XIII. HOME OF THE BUFFALO

CHAPTER XIV. FIRST WOMEN TO HUNT BUFFALOES

CHAPTER XV. HUNTING RECORDS

CHAPTER XVI. ARMY HOUSE-KEEPING

CHAPTER XVII. NECESSITY THE MOTHER OF INVENTION

CHAPTER XVIII "GARRYOWEN" LEADS THE HUNT

CHAPTER XIX. ARMY PROMOTIONS

CHAPTER XX. A FLOOD ON BIG CREEK

CHAPTER XXI. RATTLESNAKES AS NEIGHBORS

CHAPTER XXII. DANDY

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Elizabeth Bacon Custer

Boots and Saddles, Tenting on the Plains, Following the Guidon

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Chapter XVIII. Improvements at the Post, and Gardening.

Chapter XIX. General Custer’s Library.

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