Custer in '76
Walter Camp's Notes on the Custer Fight
Published on 16. July 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-8061-2279-3 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of exciting, absorbing personal accounts from survivors of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, includes interviews with John Martin, trumpeter and orderly to Lt. Col. George Armstong Custer; Medal of Honor winner Stanislas Roy; Second Lt. Winfield Edgerly; Second Lt. Charles DeRudio; Private Roman Rutten; Sergeant Daniel Knipe; and other Seventh Cavalry men and officers.
It also includes accounts from Custer's Indian scouts: Goes Ahead, Hairy Moccasin, Little Sioux, Strike Two, and notably, Curley, the Crow scout who witnessed the attack on the Custer Column. Most importantly, here for the first time are memorable accounts from American Indians who actually fought against Custer: Turtle Rib, Black Bear, He Dog, White Bull, Sturdy Bear, and Foolish Elk, who fought with Crazy Horse on the day of the battle. These American Indian interviews are an important source for scholars of Native American cultures, as well as students of the Indian Wars and Custer's ""Last Stand.
It also includes accounts from Custer's Indian scouts: Goes Ahead, Hairy Moccasin, Little Sioux, Strike Two, and notably, Curley, the Crow scout who witnessed the attack on the Custer Column. Most importantly, here for the first time are memorable accounts from American Indians who actually fought against Custer: Turtle Rib, Black Bear, He Dog, White Bull, Sturdy Bear, and Foolish Elk, who fought with Crazy Horse on the day of the battle. These American Indian interviews are an important source for scholars of Native American cultures, as well as students of the Indian Wars and Custer's ""Last Stand.
Reviews / Votes
Solid, firsthand material bearing on the Custer fight, invaluable to anyone studying the Little Bighorn."" - Robert Utley author of Cavalier in Buckskin: George Armstrong Custer and the Western Military Frontier""Custer in '76 is a treasure trove of information, and stands as one of the few essential books in the vast Custer bibliography."" - Paul A. Hutton editor of The Custer Reader
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oklahoma
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
36 black & white illustrations, 7 maps
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
481 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8061-2279-3 (9780806122793)
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Persons
Walter Mason Camp, a railroad construction engineer, began interviewing the survivors of the Little Bighorn battle in the late 1890s. He died in 1925, and the bulk of his notes were acquired by the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University.
Kenneth Hammer, the Custer authority who edited them for publication, was Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, and the author of Men with Custer: Biographies of the 7th Cavalry, June 25, 1876.
Kenneth Hammer, the Custer authority who edited them for publication, was Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, and the author of Men with Custer: Biographies of the 7th Cavalry, June 25, 1876.