Once more the General leaped into the saddle, and we rode rapidly out of sight. How glad I was, as I watched the set features of my husband's face, saw his eyes fixed immovably in front of him, listened in vain for one word from his overburdened heart, that I, being a woman, need not tax every nerve to suppress emotion, but could let the tears stream down my face, on all our silent way back to the city. Then began the gathering of our -traps,- a hasty collection of a few suitable things for a Southern climate, orders about ...
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Once more the General leaped into the saddle, and we rode rapidly out of sight. How glad I was, as I watched the set features of my husband's face, saw his eyes fixed immovably in front of him, listened in vain for one word from his overburdened heart, that I, being a woman, need not tax every nerve to suppress emotion, but could let the tears stream down my face, on all our silent way back to the city. Then began the gathering of our -traps,- a hasty collection of a few suitable things for a Southern climate, orders about shipping the horses, a wild tearing around of the improvident, thoughtless staff-good fighters, but poor providers for themselves. Most of them were young men, for whom my husband had applied when he was made a brigadier. His first step after his promotion was to write home for his schoolmates, or select aides from his early friends then in service. It was a comfort, when I found myself grieving over the parting with my husband's Division, that our military family were to go with us. At dark we were on the cars, with our faces turned southward. To General Custer this move had been unexpected.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Text block nearly NEW, with the exceptions of the repaired pages noted below. Page edges trimmed during the contemporary rebinding. The pictorials & engraving of Custer are nearly NEW. Almost no evidence of exlibrary status. 701 p-massive tome nearly 2" thick. 5 1/4 x 9", 23 Chapters, 29 engravings, illus. + maps. Modern gray buckram binding, library stamps largely confined to front and back materials. First 22 pages crudely underlined, ten pages of tears reinforced with tape (appears to be done before rebinding). I was most distressed to find the underlining in this wonderful book, even though on only 3% of the pages. Quite scarce. Why not have an original FIRST EDITION COPY for less than the price of a paperback reprint? Priced at this level to compensate for the issues carefully noted. Elizabeth Custer chronicles the journey with her legendary husband, General George A. Custer, from the time of his leaving the Army of the Potomac in 1865, through Texas, New Orleans, and to the western frontier. The second of Libbie Custer's three books (the others were Boots and Saddles, 1885, and Following the Guidon, 1890), brilliant pieces of propaganda aimed at glorifying her dead husband's memory. Well-written, with a detailed account of General Custer's service in Texas, recalling frontier life in the state, as well as detailed recollections of his service on the plains of Kansas. This includes his meetings with the Cheyenne, visits to Sioux, and Apache, the recalling the first fight of the Seventh Cavalry, etc.
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