Louise Barnett is a professor of American studies at Rutgers University and the author of numerous books, including Touched by Fire: The Life, Death, and Mythic Afterlife of George Armstrong Custer, available in a Bison Books edition, and Atrocity and American Military Justice in Southeast Asia.
I. Change of Station
II. A Blizzard
III. Western Hospitality
IV. Cavalry on the March
V. Camping among the Sioux
VI. A Visit to the Village of "Two Bears"
VII. Adventures during the Last Days of the March
VIII. Separation and Reunion
IX. Our New Home at Fort Lincoln
X. Incidents of Every-day Life
XI. The Burning of Our Quarters.--Carrying the Mail
XII. Perplexities and Pleasures of Domestic Life
XIII. A "Strong Heart" Dance!
XIV. Garrison Life
XV. General Custer's Literary Work
XVI. Indian Depredations
XVII. A Day of Anxiety and Terror
XVIII. Improvements at the Post, and Gardening
XIX. General Custer's Library
XX. The Summer of the Black Hills Expedition
XXI. Domestic Trials
XXII. Capture and Escape of Rain-in-the-Face
XXIII. Garrison Amusements
XXIV. An Indian Council
XXV. Breaking Up of the Missouri
XXVI. Curious Characters and Excursionists among Us
XXVII. Religious Services.--Leave of Absence
XXVIII. A Winter's Journey across the Plains
XXIX. Our Life's Last Chapter
Appendix: With Extracts of General Custer's Letters
