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The Civil War Memories of Elizabeth Bacon Custer: Reconstructed From Her Diaries and Notes by Arlene Reynolds Kindle Edition

by Elizabeth Bacon Custer (Author), Arlene Reynolds (Editor, Contributor) Format: Kindle Edition

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This collection of private writings by General Custer’s wife offers an intimate look at their lives before and during the Civil War.

In her first year of marriage (1864–1865) to General George Armstrong Custer, Libbie Custer witnessed the Civil War firsthand. Her experiences of danger, hardship, and excitement made ideal material for a book, one that she worked on later in life yet never published. In this volume, Arlene Reynolds presents a readable narrative of Libbie Custer's life during the war years by painstakingly reconstructing Libbie’s original, unpublished notes and diaries found in the archives of the Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument.

In these reminiscences, Libbie Custer vividly describes her life both in camp and in Washington. She tells of incidents such as fording a swollen river sidesaddle on horseback, dancing at the Inaugural Ball near President Lincoln, and watching the massive review of the Army of the Potomac after the surrender. The resulting narrative tells the fascinating story of a sheltered girl's maturation into a courageous woman in the crucible of war. It also offers an intimate glimpse into the youth, West Point years, and early military service of General Custer.

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The efforts of Custer's widow to sustain her husband's reputation after the Little Big Horn battle in 1876 provide a rich fund of insight into the frontier army. This book, compiled from notes she made during her lifetime, tells the storys of the Custers during the Civil War. Reynolds, who portrayed Elizabeth in the TV series The Real West, deserves praise for editing raw material. War bride ``Libbie'' followed ``Autie'' in his rise to fame as the Union's best frontline cavalry general. Her descriptions of the campaigns of 1864-1865 belong in the library of every student of the Civil War. Her candid evaluations of army routines and personalities bring a much-needed perspective to a field still dominated by operational analysis. And her unvarnished descriptions of her own maturing under the stress of war make this a useful contribution to women's studies as well. Photos.

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The North's youngest general proposed to his lady with all the vigor of a cavalry charge. They married in 1864; imme-diately, he scooped her up and carried her off to war. Elizabeth ("Libbie") Custer lived a soldier's life with George Armstrong Custer on campaigns or awaiting his safe return. For years she kept journals, and though she was a respected author after Custer's death, she never completed their Civil War story. Enter Reynolds, a writer and actress who played Libbie on television and in plays; discovering Libbie's diaries, Reynolds was determined to finish the story. She allows Libbie her voice: whether she is decrying her lack of courage on the road or describing the men of the regiment, Libbie's love and admiration for her husband shine through. We're allowed a glimpse of a gentler, albeit beleaguered general through the eyes of his beloved wife. Recommended for larger public library Civil War collections.
Nancy L. Whitfield, Meriden P.L., Ct.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00EENKFRW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Texas Press (June 28, 2010)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 28, 2010
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 17529 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 249 pages

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- #48 in History of Women in the American Civil War
- #114 in U.S. Civil War Women's History
- #275 in Reconstruction History of the U.S.

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Great read about the Civil War.

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Great read of a interesting woman.

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2020

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An interesting story about an American Legend from his wife's point of view. This story was written from Libby Custer's diary in first person. I definately saw a different side to our 'Boy General'.

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Easy To Read Yet Very Telling Book

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2016

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Great account of Custer directly from his wife. Women didn't do much writing back then of historical accounts, so her books give a different perspective of that era.

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K Hartsgrove

This is a great book! I loved how she fondly remembered little ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2014

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This is a great book! I loved how she fondly remembered little things that Autie did for her. A nice look into the life of a General's wife.

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Linda Shookster

Eyewitness to Civil War times

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2000

This is a book I had a hard time putting down. It is an eyewitness account of civilian Civil War times, and is a "must" for Civil War period buffs. It tends to deromanticize the era, as Libbie Custer tells the day-by-day details of marching with the Union Army, living in then near-desolate Washington D.C., and taking over rooms in Confederate farmhouses to set up camp. But those details are nevertheless fascinating, because they are so different from life today. Her memoirs unfortunately give too little information about Custer's personality and her relationship with him, which I was eager to learn. This is probably due to the writing style of the era, however, as Victorians tended to be "closed" about their personal feelings.

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