Life in Custer's Cavalry: Diaries and Letters of Albert and Jennie Barnitz, 1867-1868

by Robert Marshall Utley, Albert Barnitz, Jennie Barnitz

Albert and Jennie Barnitz "were both perceptive, articulate individuals who fully realized that they were involved in fascinating historically important events. They have left a record of frontier military life that can scarcely be matched elsewhere. . . . Historian and buff alike will find this volume both enlightening and entertaining."-Paul A. Hutton, Journal of American History. Editor Robert Utley's books available in Bison Books editions include Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life; Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891; and Frontiersmen in Blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848-1865.

Genres: History

302 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1977