Elizabeth Bacon Custer

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Elizabeth Bacon Custer


Born
in Monroe, Michigan, The United States
April 08, 1842

Died
April 04, 1933


Elizabeth Clift Bacon Custer was an American author and public speaker, and the wife of Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer, United States Army. She spent most of their marriage in relatively close proximity to him despite his numerous military campaigns in the American Civil War and subsequent posting on the Great Plains as a commanding officer in the United States Cavalry.

Left nearly destitute in the aftermath of her husband's death, she became an outspoken advocate for his legacy through her popular books and lectures. Largely as a result of her decades of campaigning on his behalf, Custer's iconic portrayal as the gallant fallen hero amid the glory of 'Custer's Last Stand' was a canon of American history for almost a century af
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Tenting on the Plains or Ge...

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The Civil War Memories of E...

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The Boy General: Story of t...

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The Diary of Elizabeth Baco...

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General George A. Custer

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General Custer - A Short Bi...

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Boots and Saddles: Illustra...

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Custer's Last Shot: A Weste...

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“As the sun broke through the mist a mirage appeared, which took up about half of the line of cavalry, and thenceforth for a little distance it marched, equally plain to the sight on the earth and in the sky. The future of the heroic band, whose days were even then numbered, seemed to be revealed, and already there seemed a premonition in the supernatural translation as their forms were reflected from the opaque mist of the early dawn.”
Elizabeth Bacon Custer, Boots and Saddles: Or, Life in Dakota with General Custer