Elizabeth Bacon Custer

The Civil War Memories of Elizabeth Bacon Custer (eBook, ePUB)

Reconstructed From Her Diaries and Notes by Arlene Reynolds

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of private writings by General Custer's wife offers an intimate look at their lives before and during the Civil War. In her first year of marriage (1864-1865) to General George Armstrong Custer, Libbie Custer witnessed the Civil War firsthand. Her experiences of danger, hardship, and excitement made ideal material for a book, one that she worked on later in life yet never published. In this volume, Arlene Reynolds presents a readable narrative of Libbie Custer's life during the war years by painstakingly reconstructing Libbie's original, unpublished notes and diaries found in the archives of the Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument. In these reminiscences, Libbie Custer vividly describes her life both in camp and in Washington. She tells of incidents such as fording a swollen river sidesaddle on horseback, dancing at the Inaugural Ball near President Lincoln, and watching the massive review of the Army of the Potomac after the surrender. The resulting narrative tells the fascinating story of a sheltered girl's maturation into a courageous woman in the crucible of war. It also offers an intimate glimpse into the youth, West Point years, and early military service of General Custer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 205
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780292789616
• Artikelnr.: 63555536

Autorenporträt

Arlene Reynolds is an actress and writer who lives in Los Angeles. She has portrayed Libbie Custer in episodes of the TV series "The Real West."

Inhaltsangabe

Editor’s Note
Introduction by Arlene Reynolds
Preface by Elizabeth B. Custer
1. May I Begin
2. An Embryo Soldier
3. “I’m the Nest Egg”
4. Our First Eventful Journey
5. My Baptism of Fire
6. “And Do They All Do That to You?”
7. I Seem to Have Been Mostly Blushing
8. “Let’s Take Our Hour”
9. “The Old Lady Kicks agin It”
10. In My Usual Courageous Position
11. After Wearing Anxiety
12. “Another Glorious Day for Our Arms’
13. Joy That the War Was Over
14. Knighthood in Flower
Epilogue
The Red Neck Tie
Young Custer’s Bride
Bibliography
Index