The Benteen-Goldin Letters on Custer and His Last Battle

Cornplanter, Jesse J.

ISBN 10: 080326335X / ISBN 13: 9780803263352

Published by University of Nebraska Press, 1991

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G080326335XI4N00

Synopsis:

Two veterans of the Battle of the Little Big Horn exchanged a series of letters between autumn 1891 and the summer of 1896. Captain Frederick W.Benteen of the 7th Cavalry made history in June 1876 when he came to the rescue of Major Marcus Reno's command during the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Private Theodore W.Goldin was with Reno during the battle, and later helped to bury Custer and his comrades. Benteen and Goldin had retired from the army when their correspondence - rare for being between an officer and an enlisted man - began. This volume contains a collection of Benteen's surviving letters, which provides an account of the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the Sioux War and gives sometimes malicious views of Custer and his wife, and other military figures. Goldin's replies to Benteen are lost, but this text supplies revealing letters from him to the historians E.A.Brininstool and Fred Dustin touching on the same events. Also included are two accounts of the Battle of the Little Big Horn by Benteen, discovered after his death in 1898.

About the Author:

John M. Carroll was director of the Frontier Military Research Center and editor of Custer's Chief of Scouts: The Reminiscences of Charles A. Varnum (also a Bison Book) and many other works.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Benteen-Goldin Letters on Custer and His...
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: Bjorklund, Lorence
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket