1876 LIFE OF GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER civil war INDIAN WARS wild west LAST STAND

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1876 LIFE OF GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER civil war INDIAN WARS wild west LAST STAND​
A COMPLETE LIFE
OF
GEN. GEORGE A. CUSTER
MAJOR-GENERAL OF VOLUNTEERS, BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL U.S. ARMY,
AND LIEUTENANT-COLONEL SEVENTH U.S. CAVALRY
BY
FREDERICK WHITTAKER,
BREVET CAPTAIN SIXTH NEW YORK VETERAN CAVALRY
SHELDON & COMPANY, NEW YORK
(1876)
A very popular biography of General Custer, including his last stand in the battle of Little Big Horn. Account is apparently prejudiced.
Scarce.
Original cloth, rebacked, lettered in gilt.
Illustrated throughout.
648 pages.
Size: 8 1/2" x 53 /4"
George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry
ommander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Raised in Michigan and Ohio,
Custer was admitted to West Point in 1857, where he graduated last in his class in 1861. With the outbreak
of the Civil War, Custer was called to serve with the Union Army. Custer developed a strong reputation during
the Civil War. He participated in the first major engagement, the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861,
near Washington, D.C. His association with several important officers helped his career as did his success
as a highly effective cavalry commander. Custer was brevetted to brigadier general at age 23, less than a
week before the Battle of Gettysburg, where he personally led cavalry charges that prevented Confederate
troops from attacking the Union rear in support of Pickett's Charge. He was wounded in the Battle of
Culpeper Court House in Virginia on September 13, 1863. In 1864, Custer was awarded another star and
brevetted to major general rank. At the conclusion of the Appomattox Campaign, in which he and his troops
played a decisive role, Custer was present at General Robert E. Lee's surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant,
on April 9, 1865. After the Civil War, Custer remained a major general in the United States Volunteers until
they were mustered out in February 1866. He reverted to his permanent rank of captain and was appointed
a lieutenant colonel in the 7th Cavalry Regiment in July 1866. He was dispatched to the west in 1867 to
fight in the American Indian Wars. On June 25, 1876, while leading the 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle
of the Little Bighorn in Montana Territory against a coalition of Native American tribes, he and all of his
detachment—which included two of his brothers—were killed. The battle is popularly known in American
history as "Custer's Last Stand." Custer and his regiment were defeated so decisively at the Little Bighorn
that it has overshadowed all of his prior achievements.
One of the most important biographies of General Custer.
CONTENTS:
FIRST BOOK.-THE BOY.
CHAPTER I.
EARLY LIFE.
Birthplace and Boyhood-Going to School-First Love-The Nomina
tion to West Point.
CHAPTER II.
PLEBE CUSTER.
The Sorrows of a Plebe- The First Camp.
CHAPTER III.
CADET CUSTER.
Becoming a Real Cadet-Riding Lessons—“Benny Havens, oh!”—The
Coming of the War-The Attack on Fort Sumter-Graduation Time
--A Court-martial-Lucky Escape....
SECOND BOOK. THE SUBALTERN.
CHAPTER I.
LIEUTENANT CUSTER, SECOND CAVALRY.
Going to Washington-Ordered to take Despatches to McDowell-
Night Ride to Centreville.
CHAPTER II.
BULL RUN.
Custer joins his Troop -- Incidents of the Battle-- The Panic—The
Defeat.
CHAPTER III.
ORGANIZING AN ARMY.
The New General-Custer on Staff Duty-Sick Leave-The Pledge.
CHAPTER IV.
THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN.
Custer's First Charge-The Transports--The Peninsula--Yorktown.
CHAPTER V.
WINNING THE BARS.
The Evacuation-The Pursuit-Williamsburg–The Advance on the
Chickahominy-Custer made a Captain.
THIRD BOOK.—THE CAPTAIN.
CHAPTER I.
FROM RICHMOND TO MALVERN HILL.
The Battle of Fairoaks-McClellan's Peril-A Month's Respite—The
Seven Days-Custer's Letters.
CHAPTER II.
MCCLELLAN'S REMOVAL.
Harrison's Landing -Custer's Letters - The Maryland Campaign-
McClellan Deposed-Custer at Monroe-The Course of True Love.
CHAPTER III.
THE CAVALRY CORPS.
The Winter of 1862-3---Custer on Pleasonton's Staff - The Urbana
Expedition.
CHAPTER IV.
WINNING HIS STAR.
Battle of Aldie-Custer to the Front-Promoted.
.
FOURTH BOOK.—THE MICHIGAN BRIGADE.
CHAPTER I.
THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN.
The Boy General with the Golden Locks-The Battle of Gettysburg-
Custer as a Cavalry Chief.
CHAPTER II.
AFTER GETTYSBURG.
Leo's Retreat-Captures of Trains-Falling Waters --A Squadron Cap
tures a Brigade-Lee Escapes.
CHAPTER III.
TO THE RAPIDAN AND BACK.
Advance on Culpepper-Meade's Retreat--Battle of Buckland's Mills
---End of Campaign---Love Letters and Orange Blossoms.
CHAPTER IV.
THE WILDERNESS AND THE VALLEY.
Sheridan in Command--The First Raid-The Second Raid-Early in
Maryland-The Cavalry Ordered to the Valley.
CHAPTER V.
WINCHESTER.
Playing Chess with Early-The False Move-Custer at Winchester.
FIFTH BOOK. THE THIRD CAVALRY DIVISION.
CHAPTER I.
WOODSTOCK RACES.
Assigned to the Third Division--Rosser against Custer-Sheridan's
Orders-"Whip or Get Whipped”-Woodstock Races.
CHAPTER II.
CEDAR CREEK.
Sheridan Ordered to Washington-Early's Surprise of Wright-The
Battle of Cedar Creek-Plunder of the Union Camps-Arrival of
Sheridan-Early's Overthrow-Custer and Merritt finishing the
Victory--Results of the Valley Campaign.
CHAPTER III.
THE LAST RAID.
Waynesboro'-Cutting the Canals--Chasing Early-Nearing Richmond
-Back with the Army.
CHAPTER IV.
FIVE FORKS.
Advance on Five Forks-- Devin's Repulse-The 5th Corps—The Victory
-The Pursuit.
CHAPTER V.
APPOMATTOX.
Heading off Lee-Sailor's Creek-The Night March-Appomattox-
Lee's Surrender-Custer's Last Order.
CHAPTER VI.
THE GREAT PARADE.
From Richmond to Washington-Close of Custer's War Career.
SIXTH BOOK.-AFTER THE WAR.
CHAPTER I.
THE VOLUNTEERS IN TEXAS.
The State of the Country-Discontent of the Men-Mutiny-Discharge
of the Volunteers-Custer in Texas.
CHAPTER II.
THE REGULAR ARMY.
Peculiar Hardships of the American Regular Army-Jealousy of the
Nation–The Old and the New Army-Settling Down.
CHAPTER III.
THE SEVENTH CAVALRY.
Description of the Regiment-Its Officers and Men-Custer and Presi
dent Johnson--Ordered to Kansas.
SEVENTH BOOK.-ON THE PLAINS.
CHAPTER I.
THE HANCOCK EXPEDITION.
Causes of the Expedition--Escape of the Tribes-The Pursuit--The
First Buffalo-The Lost Trail-War.
CHAPTER II.
THE FIRST SCOUT.
Learning Indian 'Tricks—Pawnee Killer's Repulse—Skirmishes.
CHAPTER III.
TIE WAGON TRAIN.
The March to Fort Wallace-The Return-The Attack--Circling-
Arrival of Help-Saved.
CHAPTER IV.
THE KIDDER MASSACRE.
The Telegram-Finding the Bodies-A Mother's Love.
CHAPTER V.
THE COURT MARTIAL.
The Mutiny-The March-Custer Court-martialled.
CHAPTER VI.
THE WINTER CAMPAIGN.
Wanted, a General-Custer sent for-Starting on the Trail.
CHAPTER VII.
BATTLE OF THE WASHITA.
The Trail in the Snow-Charge on Black Kettle-How to Fight
Indians–Triumphant Return of the Seventh.
CHAPTER VIII.
CLOSING OPERATIONS.
How Custer volunteered to bring the Kiowas, Arapahoes and Cheyennes
to Peace-How he did it.
CHAPTER IX.
LOUISVILLE TO THE YELLOWSTONE.
Custer in Kentucky-Ordered North-The Sioux--A Narrow Escape.
CHAPTER X.
THE BLACK HILLS.
Rumors of Gold-A Terra Incognita—The Custer Column.
CHAPTER XI.
RAIN-IN-TIIE-FACE.
Murderer's Boasts-The Arrest-The Grain Thieves-The Escape-The
Oath of Vengeance-The Sun-Dance.
EIGHTH BOOK.--THE LAST CAMPAIGN.
CHAPTER I.
SITTING BULL.
What is known of the Sioux Chief-His Diary.
CHAPTER II.
CRAZY HORSE.
Reynolds' Campaign-Another Washita Spoiled-Wanted a Custer.
CHAPTER III.
CUSTER AND GRANT.
The Belknap Investigation--Custer's unwilling Testimony--President
Grant's Revenge--Custer's Displacement.
CHAPTER IV.
THE GREAT EXPEDITION.
Crook's Column-Gibbon's Column-The Terry Column-Reno's Scout
-Custer's Departure.
CHAPTER V.
THE LAST BATTLE.
Trail of Sitting Bull-Reno's Fight-Custer's Last Charge.
NINTH BOOK.-SOLDIER AND MAN.
CHAPTER I.
CUSTER, THE SOLDIER.
Analysis of his Success-His True Rank in Military History.
CHAPTER II.
CUSTER, TIE INDIAN-FIGHTER.
Savage and Civilized Warfare Contrasted-Custer's Experience-Anec
dote illustrating his Knowledge of Indian Nature.
CHAPTER III.
CUSTER, THE MAN.
His Generosity-Fondness for Children - Development of his Character
-His Scrupulous Honor-Closing Summary.
TENTH BOOK.—PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS.
Of General Custer, by the Great Tragedian, Lawrence Barrett.
Condition:
Good+.
Tight binding; name on blank page; light foxing; some wear to covers.
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