
Tom Custer
Ride to Glory
Carl F. Day(Author)
University of Oklahoma Press
Published on 28. February 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-8061-3687-5 (ISBN)
Description
In this biography - the first to document the life of Tom Custer - Carl F. Day reveals the public and private life of a distinguished American soldier. Although his life has been overshadowed by his more famous, or infamous, older brother, George Armstrong Custer, Tom Custer was a notable figure in his own right. At the end of his service in the Civil War, Tom Custer received the Medal of Honor twice - the first man in American history and the only Federal soldier in the Civil War to do so. He went on to participate in the Battle of the Washita, Stanley's Yellowstone Expedition, the Black Hills expedition, and the final march to the Little Bighorn, where along with his brother George he met his death in 1876.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oklahoma
United States
Illustrations
14 black & white illustrations, 4 maps
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
465 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8061-3687-5 (9780806136875)
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Person
Carl F. Day has spent ten years researching this biography. He is a high school teacher with a B.S. in education and M.A. in history. He is the author of previously published articles on the Custer saga.