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Elizabeth Bacon Custer aimed to glorify her "martyred" husband, George Armstrong Custer's memory through this incredible history. It is a recounting of the times that Custer spent in Kansas and Texas as told by a devoted wife. In addition, this book presents the readers with a vivid picture of the army a year after the civil war.
Tenting on the Plains, or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas (1887)
Tenting on the Plains is the firsthand account of General Custer's life written by his wife Libbie who accompanied him on all his military assignments. This book brings interesting details regarding the problems of establishing communities on the frontier posts. It also it goes deep into General's personal life and deals with the relationship with his father.
Excerpt from Tenting on the Plains: Or General Custer in Kansas and Texas Letters Home - Extracts - Caught by a Norther - Longing for a Yankee wood-pile - Colonel Groome of 1812 Jack Rucker Beaten in a horse-race - Ginnie and her Family - Our Father Custer's Dog. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
In an account as colorful today as when it first appeared over a century ago, "Tenting on the Plains" is Libby Custer's memoir of the hardships during her husband's 1865 military march from Alexandria, Louisiana, to Hempstead, Texas.
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