![]() Kidd’s letters have been combined into this historical memoir, which tell a moving story of wartime service and shed a light onto the gallant and often brash Custer. Kidd wrote a series of letters to friends and family back home between 18, chronicling the conditions and experiences of life in the field of battle. ![]() ![]() The men were affectionately called “Custer’s Wolverines” and among them was James Kidd, a newspaperman by training. Chiefly known for his exploits in the Indian Wars, most significantly for his horrific defeat at the Little Bighorn in 1876, George Armstrong Custer found initial success on the battlefields of the Civil War, leading his Michigan Cavalry Brigade in more than sixty battles and skirmishes. ![]()
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