The Terry Diary: Battle of the Little Bighorn

By Alfred Howe Terry

In the summer of 1876, Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry led the column whose campaign ended in the catastrophe on the Little Bighorn, where George Armstrong Custer and 261 men of the 7th Cavalry were killed. In the terrible days that followed, it was Terry's troops who reached the battlefield, counted the dead, and sent the first official reports east.
The Terry Diary presents, in one volume: General Terry's complete official report on the campaign and the Battle of the Little BighornHis day-by-day field diary, kept in the saddle and in camp from mid-May through August 1876Written in Terry's own hand as events unfolded, this diary is a rare, unfiltered primary source from the senior commander on the scene. Here you will see: Terry's candid impressions of Custer, Reno, and Benteen on campaignOrders given, orders ignored, and the mounting frustration as columns lose contactThe shock of learning of Custer's destruction, and Terry's reaction on reaching the battlefieldDaily details of marches, scouts, supply problems, Indian movements, and command decisions that never appear in later memoirsFor readers of Custer, the Indian Wars, and western military history, The Terry Diary fills a crucial gap. This is not hindsight, excuse, or legend-it is the immediate voice of the man in overall command, going about his work before, during, and after one of the most studied battles in American history.

If you want to understand what the Yellowstone Expedition really looked and felt like from the top, and how the Little Bighorn was seen by the officer responsible for the campaign, this is the source you've been missing.
Add The Terry Diary to your library and experience the Little Bighorn campaign through the eyes of General Alfred H. Terry himself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1519036450
• ISBN13: 9781519036452
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"