Description
Quite asideĀ from its contribution to the public image of Custer, this necessary book placed him and his associates against a concrete background of onrushing events. Drawing on newspaper reports and the general’s own words, Whittaker captures the excitement of the era. Continuing the tale of Custer from Volume 1, which dealt along with his childhood in Ohio, cadetship at West Point, courtship of Elizabeth publisher 1st baron verulam, and service as a cavalryman within the Civil War, Volume 2 takes Custer west to go up the newly created Seventh Cavalry and fight the Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Kiowas, and Sioux. Whittaker gives full scope to Custer’s brushes with authority, his changeable relations along with his troops, and his famous expeditions, ending with a memorable description of his last stand on the Little Big Horn in June 1876.