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Book SynopsisThe honeymoon of Elizabeth Bacon and George Armstrong Custer was interrupted in 1864 by his call to duty with the Army of the Potomac. Her entreaties to be allowed to travel along set the pattern of her future life. This is the story of Elizabeth B. Custer (1842-1933), told in her own words. She was not only a housewife on the Plains; she was whatever the occasion demanded.
Trade Review“This is a warmly human, first-hand account of the hardships, disappointments, fun and flattery, joys, and heartaches of women who accompanied their military husbands across the sage, up turbulent rivers, over the badlands of Dakota into the far reaches of the Western frontier, during the Indian troubles of the mid-1870s.”—
Montana: The Magazine of Western HistoryTable of ContentsI. Change of StationII. A BlizzardIII. Western HospitalityIV. Cavalry on the MarchV. Camping among the SiouxVI. A Visit to the Village of "Two Bears"VII. Adventures during the Last Days of the MarchVIII. Separation and ReunionIX. Our New Home at Fort LincolnX. Incidents of Every-day LifeXI. The Burning of Our Quarters.--Carrying the MailXII. Perplexities and Pleasures of Domestic LifeXIII. A "Strong Heart" Dance!XIV. Garrison LifeXV. General Custer's Literary WorkXVI. Indian DepredationsXVII. A Day of Anxiety and TerrorXVIII. Improvements at the Post, and GardeningXIX. General Custer's LibraryXX. The Summer of the Black Hills ExpeditionXXI. Domestic TrialsXXII. Capture and Escape of Rain-in-the-FaceXXIII. Garrison AmusementsXXIV. An Indian CouncilXXV. Breaking Up of the MissouriXXVI. Curious Characters and Excursionists among UsXXVII. Religious Services.--Leave of AbsenceXXVIII. A Winter's Journey across the PlainsXXIX. Our Life's Last ChapterAppendix: With Extracts of General Custer's Letters
