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Additional authors

1. Allan, Nancy P.

Description

1. xii, 119 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

1. A Dispatch to Custer tells the little-known story of Lieutenant Lyman Kidder, a young soldier sent on a mission in 1867 to deliver new orders to Lieutenant Colonel George Custer. En route a band of Sioux and Cheyenne ambushed Kidder and his party, killing all eleven soldiers and their Sioux scout. Custer discovered their mutilated bodies a few days later and ordered they be buried in a common grave. When Kidder's father was notified of his son's death, he began the process of recovering his son's remains. Told mainly through the letters of Kidder's family and military colleagues, A Dispatch to Custer conveys a rare intimacy, while the authors' insightful interpretations fill out the story.

Subject

1. Kidder, Lyman Stockwell, 1842-1867
2. Custer, George A. 1839-1876
3. Custer, George A. 1839-1876
4. Kidder, Lyman Stockwell, 1842-1867
5. United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th > Biography
6. United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th
7. 1866-1895
8. Indians of North America > Wars > Colorado > 1866-1895
9. Massacres > Colorado
10. Indians of North America > Wars
11. Massacres
12. Krijgshandelingen
13. Oorlogen
14. Indianen
15. Colorado

Genre/Form

1. Biography.
2. collective biographies.
3. Biographies.

Contents

1. I. "When the Watchword Is Victory or Death" 1 -- II. Beginnings 7 -- III. "The Noble Work of Putting Down Rebellion" 13 -- IV. Officer's Call 23 -- V. "Uncommonly Dear as a Companion and Friend" 27 -- VI. A Father's Pilgrimage 45 -- VII. Homecoming 73 -- VIII. Remembrance 83 -- Appendix Artifacts 99.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-115) and index.