Tenting on the Plains - General Custer in Kansas and Texas

by John Cirignani (Editor), John Cirignani (Compiler), John Cirignani (Introduction), Elizabeth B. Custer

Overview

Written by Elizabeth B. Custer, wife of General George Armstrong Custer, Tenting on the Plains begins in the closing days of the Civil War. Before the victory parades had even finished, General Custer was assigned to lead the occupation of Texas. Texas was at the extreme of the lawless frontier, and had been spared much of the worst fighting. Its citizens hadn't yet embraced the South's capitulation, and the 26-year old General and Civil War hero was now charged with the daunting task of pacifying a population still hostile to the Union. From Texas, we follow George and Elizabeth Custer to Kansas, where Custer was put in charge of pacifying Indians up in arms against westward emigrants. This fascinating story gives us an appreciation for the sacrifices the men and women blazing the American frontier endured, and allows us to see it through their eyes rather than a perspective jaded by time.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158450952
Publisher:	Cirignani Enterprises Inc.
Publication date:	07/27/2015
Series:	History in Words and Pictures , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	439
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Tenting on the Plains is the second volume in the History in Words and Pictures Series, a collection of books that bring you back in time, in the words of those who were there, with visions of the world as they saw it. The History in Words and Pictures Series is a carefully selected collection of historical works, edited by John Cirignani to a modern reading experience and supplemented with archived and contemporary photography.