My life on the Great Plains /
by Custer, George A.
Published by : University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln) Physical details: xli, 626 p. Year: 1971| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | Book Cart | 923.573 Cus (Browse shelf) | Available | Book Fund | 41102 |
The Great Plains --
General Hancock's campaign --
A futile pursuit --
Indian raids and murders --
From Fort Hays to Fort McPherson --
The Indians attack the cavalry --
White deserters and red massacre --
Futile marches and countermarches --
Launching a winter campaign --
The Battle of the Washita --
Reaping the fruits of victory --
The lot of two white captives --
Waging the winter campaign --
Red and White diplomacy --
A peace mission and its results --
Further pursuits of the Cheyennes --
Successful ending of the campaign.
In 1861 George A. Custer graduated from West Point number 34 in a class of thirty four; two years later, at the age of twenty-three, he had become the youngest general in the Union army.
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