This comprehensive work captures the personalities, abilities, triumphs, failures, and lasting legacies of the leaders who waged the campaigns of the American West.
After the war, General Custer was sent to the Indian frontier. His wife was of the party and she is able to give in minute detail the story of her husband's varied career since she was almost always near the scene of his adventures.
The story follows a young George Patton, a junior cavalry officer and saber master before he became the war hero tank commander in the iconic image famously portrayed by George C. Scott.
"Boots and Saddles" is in reality a bright and sunny sketch of the life of Mrs. Custer's late husband, Gen. George A. Custer, who fell at the battle of the Little Big Horn.
Hardcover reprint of the original 1879 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience.
In this book the Gunsmith encounters Elizabeth while she is putting her second book together. It’s called “Tenting on the Plains” and is to be published in 1887. She asks Clint’s help in confirming some of what she will be writing.
Boots and Saddles: Cavalry During the Maryland Campaign of September 1862 is a 594-page, 8 x 11" hardcover, with over 200 maps, photographs, and illustrations.
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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...