| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 341 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Harper and Brothers, 1890. |
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"A 1999 digital reproduction retaining the look and feel of the original work."--Title page verso. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
United States. Army -- Military life.
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United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
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United States. Army.
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United States. Army. (OCoLC)fst00533532
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United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th. (OCoLC)fst00568233
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Washita Campaign (1868-1869) (OCoLC)fst01754984
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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.
(OCoLC)fst01351813
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North America. (OCoLC)fst01242475
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| Chronological Term |
1868-1869
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933. Following the guidon. Scituate, MA : Digital Scanning, Inc., 1999 1582181195 (OCoLC)47291329 |
| ISBN |
9781582181189 (electronic bk.) |
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1582181187 (electronic bk.) |
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