Following the Guidon: the Experiences of General Custer's Wife With the U. S. 7th Cavalry

by Elizabeth Bacon Custer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846779413
• ISBN13: 9781846779411
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"