The Boy General: Story of the Life of Major-General George A. Custer

by Elizabeth Bacon Custer

General George Custer's life on the plains, from the end of the Civil War to the Battle of the Little Big Horn. As written by his wife Elizabeth. With

167 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1901

About the author

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 after his death. - Wikipedia