Boots and Saddles; Or, Life in Dakota with General [George] Custer by Custer, Elizabeth B - 1885

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. Hardcover. Fair. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1885).

Original cloth, lettered in gilt. 
Frontispiece and Map.
312 pages. 

Size: 7 1/2" x 5 1/4".

Fair or better. Tight binding; light yellowing else clean pages; a few dogears; a contemporary owner's name on front endpaper; covers are quite worn.

A history of some of General George Armstrong Custer's exploits in the Indian Wars, focusing on his adventures in the Dakotas and Montana just before the battle of Little Big Horn, written by his wife, who traveled with him throughout the west on his campaigns.

References: Rader 1010; Howes C980; Graff 959. 

George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 - June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Custer developed a strong reputation during the Civil War. He participated in the first major engagement, the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, near Washington, D.C.  Custer was brevetted to brigadier general less than a week before the Battle of Gettysburg where he personally led cavalry charges that prevented Confederate troops from turning the Union flank. In 1864 Custer was given another star, being brevetted to major general rank. At the conclusion of the Appomattox Campaign, in which he and his troops played a decisive role, Custer was present at General Robert E. Lee's surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865. After the Civil War, Custer remained a major general in the United States Volunteers until they were mustered out in February 1866. He was dispatched to the west in 1867 to fight in the American Indian Wars. On June 25, 1876, while leading the 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana Territory against a coalition of Native American tribes, he and all of his regiment-which included two of his brothers-were killed. The battle is popularly known in American history as "Custer's Last Stand." Custer and his regiment were defeated so decisively at the Little Bighorn that it has overshadowed all of his prior achievements.
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