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21 Jun 06
GEORGE A. CUSTER
A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources
CONTENTS
Bibliographies....p.1
General/Misc....p.1
Civil War....p.4
Since 1865 (Less Little Big Horn)....p.5
Courts Martial(s)....p.7
Thomas Custer...p.8
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Carroll, John M. Custer in Periodicals: A Bibliographic Checklist. Ft Collins: Old Army Press,
1975. 134 p. Z8206.7C3.
Dowd, James P. Custer Lives! Fairfield, WA: YeGalleon, 1982. 263 p. Z1209.2U52W86.
List 3,114 items, each annotated.
Graham, William A. The Custer Myth: A Source Book of Custerania to Which is Added Important
Items of Custerania and a Complete and Comprehensive Bibliography. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1953. 413 p. E83.876G7.
Hardorff, Richard G. Cheyenne Memories of the Custer Fight: A Source Book. Spokane, WA:
Arthur H. Clarke, 1995. 189 p. E83.876C54.
Hatch, Thom. The Custer Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to the Life of George Armstrong Custer
and the Plains Indian Wars. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 2002. 274 p. E467.1C99H38.
Hedren, Paul L. King on Custer: An Annotated Bibliography. n.p., 1982? 12 p. Z8464.35H43.
Charles King, that is, Army officer & novelist of the late 19th century Army.
GENERAL/MISCELLANEOUS
Arnold, David B. “A Psychohistorical Investigation of the Personality and Leadership of General
George Custer.” PhD dss, Gonzaga, 2000. 266 p. E467.1C99A76.
George A. Custer p.2
Barnett, Louise K. Touched by Fire: The Life, Death and Mythic Afterlife of George Armstrong
Custer. NY: Henry Holt, 1996. 540 p. E467.1C99B27.
Carroll, John M. Custer and His Times: Book Two. Ft Worth, TX: Little Big Horn Assoc, 1984.
336 p. E467.1C99C78.
_____. A Custer Chrestomathy. Bryan, TX: Carroll, 1981. 87 p. E467.1C99C79.
_____. General Custer and New Rumley, Ohio. Bryan, TX: Carroll, 1978. 47 p. E467.1C99C3.
_____. A Very Real Salamagundi, or, Look What I Found This Summer. Bryan, TX: Carroll, 1980.
66 p. E83.876C66.
Connell, Evan S. Son of the Morning Star. San Francisco, CA: North Point, 1984. 441 p. E83.876C66.
Cox, Kurt H. Custer and his Commands: From West Point to Little Bighorn. Mechanicsburg, PA:
Stackpole, 1999. 72 p. UE443C68.
Custer, Bruce C. The Sacrificial Lion: George Armstrong Custer From American Hero to Media
Villain. El Segundo, CA: Upton, 1999. 293 p. E467.1C99C77.
Custer, Elizabeth B. Boots and Saddles. Williamstown, MA: Corner House, 1969 reprint of 1885 ed.
312 p. F655C932.
_____. Following the Guidon. NY: Harper, 1904. 314 p. F594C95.
Custer, George A. & Elizabeth. The Custer Story: The Life and Intimate Letters of.... [Ed by
Marguerite Merington]. Lincoln, NE: U NE, 1987. 339 p. E467.1C99A335.
Dippie, Brian W. Nomad: George A. Custer in Turf, A Field and Farm. Austin, TX: U TX, 1980.
174 p. E467.1C99A34.
Donovan, Jim. Custer and the Little Bighorn: The Man, the Mystery, the Myth. Vancouver, Canada:
Voyageur, 2001. 224 p. E467.1C99D66.
Frost, Lawrence A. The Custer Album: A Pictorial Biography of General George A. Custer. Seattle,
WA: Superior, 1964. 192 p. E83.876F7.
_____. Custer Legends. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green U Popular Press, 1981. 251 p.
E467.1C99F74.
_____. Custer Slept Here. Monroe, MI: Gary Owen, 1974. 22 p. E467.1C99F94.
_____. General Custer's Libbie. Seattle, WA: Superior, 1976. 336 p. E467.1C995F76.
George A. Custer p.3
Haynes, C. Vance. General Custer and his Sporting Rifles. Tuscon, AZ: Westernlore, 1995.
100 p. UD390H39.1995.
Hutton, Paul A. The Custer Reader. Lincoln, NE: U NE, 1992. 575 p. E467.1C99C85.
_____. Custer and His Times. El Paso, TX: Little Big Horn Assoc, 1981. 272 p. E467.1C99C78.
Katz, D. Mark. Custer in Photographs. Gettysburg, PA: Yo Mark, 1985. 150 p. E467.1C99K34.
Kaufman, Fred S. Custer Passed Our Way. Aberdeen, SC: North Plains, 1971. 365 p. F655K3.
Koury, Michael J. Custer Centennial Observance, 1976. Ft. Collins, CO: Old Army, 1978. 108 p.
E83.876C985.
Langellier, Jphn P. Custer; The May, the Myth, the Movies. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 2000.
146 p. E83.876C983.
Leckie, Shirley A. “The Civil War Partnership of Elizabeth and George A. Custer.” In Intimate
Strategies of the Civil War: Military Commanders and Their Wives. NY: Oxford, 2001.
pp. 178-98. E467I58.
McChristian, Douglas C. “Plainsman—or Showman?: George A. Custer’s Buckskins.”
Mil Collector & Historian (Spring 2000): pp. 2-13. Per.
Monaghan, Jay. Custer: The Life of General George Armstrong Custer. Lincoln, NE: U NE, 1971
reprint of 1959 ed. E467.1C99M652.
Ray, Frederick L. “Friends Across Secession.” America’s CW (Jul 2003): 30-36. Per.
Friendship of George Custer and Stephan D. Ramseur, CSA.
Spiller, Roger J., ed. Dictionary of American Military Biography. Vol. 1. Westport, CT: Greenwood,
1984. pp. 223-27. U52D53.
Urwin, Gregory J., ed. Custer and His Times. Book Three. Ft Worth, TX: Little Big Horn Assoc, 1987.
305 p. E467.1C99C78.
Utley, Robert M. Custer and Me: A Historian’s Memoir. Norman, OK: U OK, 2004. 253 p.
E175.5U85A3.
Relationship of National Park Service historian with development of historiography of Custer and the Little Big Horn Site.
Van de Water, Frederick F. Glory Hunter: A Life of General Custer. NY: Bobbs Merrill, 1934. 394 p.
E467.1C99V3.
Wert, Jeffry D. Custer: The Controversial Life of George Armstrong Custer. NY: Simon & Schuster,
1996. 462 p. E467.1C99W47.
George A. Custer p.4
Whittaker, Frederick. A Complete Life of General George A. Custer. NY: Sheldon, 1876. 648 p.
E467.1C99W62.
_____. A Popular Life of Gen. George A. Custer, Major General of Volunteers, Brevet Major General
U.S. Army, and Lieutenant Colonel Seventh U.S. Cavalry. NY: Sheldon, 1876. 648 p. E467.1C99W63.
See also:
Photos in collections of B.F. Fiske, E.S. Godfrey, M.F. Steele, PhotoArch.
CIVIL WAR
Carroll, John M., ed. Custer in the Civil War: His Unfinished Memoirs. San Rafael, CA: Presidio,
1977. 233 p. E467.1C99A33.
Christiancy Pickett Papers. 1 Box. Arch.
Includes 1862 diary, 1st MI Infantry and photocopied letter from Custer, 1863.
Harris, Samuel. Stories of the Civil War. Chicago: Harris, 1898. 15 p. E467.1C99H37.
Contents incl "Major General George A. Custer: Stories Told Around the Campfire of the Michigan Brigade Cavalry."
Hatch, Thom. Clashes of Cavalry: The Civil War Careers of George Armstrong Custer and Jeb Stuart.
Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 2001. 291 p. E467H425.
Riggs, David F. East of Gettysburg [Stuart vs. Custer]. Bellevue, NE: Old Army Press, 1970. 78 p.
E475.51R535.
On the battle on East Cavalry Field, third day of Gettysburg.
Urwin, Gregory J.W. Custer Victorious: The Civil War Battles of General George Armstrong Custer.
Rutherford, NJ: Farleigh Dickinson UP, 1982. 308 p. E467.2C99U78.
See also:
Portraits of Custer in MOLLUS Mass Coll; and in collections of B.F. Fiske, E.S. Godfrey & Matthew.F. Steele. PhotoArch.
George A. Custer p.5
SINCE 1865 (LESS 1876 CAMPAIGN)
Bates, Charles F. Custer's Indian Battles. Bronxville, NY: n.p., 1936. 36 p. E467.1C99B3.
Calhoun, James. With Custer in '74: James Calhoun's Diary of the Black Hills Expedition. [Ed by
Lawrence A. Frost] Provo, UT: BYU, 1979. 140 p. F657B6C35.
Carroll, John M., ed. Custer: From the Civil War to the Little Big Horn. Bryan, TX: Carroll, 1981.
65 p. E467.1C99C8.
_____. Custer in Texas: An Interrupted Narrative: Including Narratives of the First Iowa Cavalry, the
Seventh Indiana Cavalry, the Fifth Illinois Cavalry, the Second Wisconsin Cavalry, and the Military Mutiny in Custer's Command While in Louisiana. NY: Lewis, 1975. 288 p. E467.1C99C82.
_____. Custer's Horse Shoe. New Brunswick, NJ: Carroll, 1977. 7 p. E81J6no1.
_____. The Fred Dustin and Earl K. Brigham Letters: Book 2. Bryan, TX: Carroll, 1977. 30 p.
E81J6no7.
_____. A Seventh Cavalry Scrapbook #4. Bryan, TX: Carroll, 1979. 28 p. E81J6no22.
And Scrapbook #5 (30 p.), #8 (29 p.), #9 (28 p.), and #13 (28 p.).
_____. Ten Years with General Custer Among the American Indians, and Other Writings by John Ryan.
Bryan, TX: Carroll, 1980. 224 p. E83.866R9.
Covers 1866 1876, w/passing reference to Big Horn.
_____. Unpublished Papers of the Order of Indian Wars. New Brunswick, NJ: privately pub, 1977.
E81J6no3.
Champlin, Peggy. "Custer's Theme Song: Keogh and 'Gary Owen'." Myles Keogh. El Segundo, CA:
Upton, 1991. pp. 45 47. E83.876K46M94.
Chandler, Melbourne C. Of Gary Owen in Glory: The History of the United States Cavalry Regiment.
Annadale, VA: Turnpike, 1960. #303 7.1960.
Coates, Isaac T. On the Plains With Custer and Hancock, the Journal of Isaac Coates Army Surgeon.
[Ed by W.J.D. Kennedy] Boulder, CO: Johnson, 1997. 182 p. E83.866C63.1997.
Crook, George. Clippings re service on the Rosebud. Arch.
Custer, George A. My Life on the Plains.... NY: Sheldon, 1874. 256 p. F594C97.
And 1966 reprint.
George A. Custer p.6
_____. Wild Life on the Plains and Horrors of Indian Warfare: By a Corps of Competent Authors
and Artists, Being a Complete History of Indian Life, Warfare and Adventure in America, Making Specially Prominent the Late Indian War, With Full Descriptions of the Messiah Craze, Ghost Dance, Life of Sitting Bull.... St Louis, MO: Royal, 1891. 592 p.. F594C981. Reprint, with additional chaps of My Life on the Plains.
Custer, Elizabeth B. Tenting on the Plains: Or General Custer in Kansas and Texas. NY: Webster,
1877. 702 p. F594C961.
Dixon, David. "The Sordid Side of the Seventh Cavalry." Research Rev [new series] (Jun 1987):
pp. 12 21. Per.
Sweeps much dirt into a neat pile.
Dodge, Richard I. The Black Hills.... NY: Miller, 1876. 151 p. F657B6D62.
Epple, Jess C. Custer's Battle of the Washita and a History of the Plains Indian Tribes. NY: Exposition,
1970. 154 p. E83.869E66.
Ewert, Theodore. Private Theodore Ewert's Diary of the Black Hills Expedition of 1874. [Ed by
John M. Carroll] Piscataway, NJ: CRI Books, 1876. 131 p. E99D1E8.
Frost, Lawrence A. Custer's 7th Cavalry and the Campaign of 1873. NY: Messner, 1944. 174 p.
E467.1C99G37.
Garst, Shannon. Custer, Fighter of the Plains. NY: Messner, 1944. 174 p. E467.1C99G37.
Harcey, Dennis W., & Croone, Brian R. White-Man-Runs-Him: Crow Scout with Custer. Evanston, IL:
Evanston, 1993. 221 p. E99C92W454.1993.
Hoig, Stan. The Battle of the Washita: The Sheridan Custer Indian Campaign of 1867 69. Garden City,
NY: Doubleday, 1976. 268 p. E83.869H64.
Jackson, Donald D. Custer's Gold: The United States Cavalry Expedition of 1874. Lincoln, NE:
U NE, 1972. 152 p. #303 7CAV.1966.
Kinsley, D.A. Favor the Bold: Custer the Indian Fighter. 2 vols. NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968.
E467.1C99K5.
Kraft, Louis. Custer and the Cheyenne: …Winter Campaign on the Southern Plains. El Segundo, CA:
Upton, 1995. 208 p. E83.869K73.
Ludlow, William. Report of a Reconnaissance of the Black Hills of Dakota, Made in the Summer of
1874. Wash, DC: GPO, 1875. 121 p. F657B6L82.
Mooney, Michael J. "'From Garry Owen in Glory.'" Army (Feb 1989): pp. 58 61 & 64. Per.
History of the tune adopted by the 7th US Cav.
George A. Custer p.7
Reedstrom, Ernest L. Bugles, Banners, and War Bonnets. Caldwell, ID: Caxton, 1977. 362 p.
#303 7CAV.1977.
7th Cavalry history.
Shoemaker, John O. "The Custer Court Martial." Mil Rev (Oct 1971): pp. 36 47. Per.
Spotts, David L. Campaigning with Custer and the Nineteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry on the Washita
Campaign, 1868 69. [Ed by E.A. Brininstool] NY: Argonaut, 1965. 215 p. E83.869S76.
Stewart, Edgar I. Custer's Luck. Norman, OK: U OK, 1955. 522 p. E83.866S85.
Utley, Robert M. Cavalier in Buckskin: George Armstrong Custer and the Western Military Frontier.
Norman, OK: U OK, 1988. E467.1C99U85.
White, William H. Custer, Cavalry & Crows, Being the Thrilling Account of the Western Adventures
of...as Told to Thomas Marquis. Ft Collins: Old Army Press, 1975. 183 p. E83.866W53.
See also:
Bibliography on Battle of Little Big Horn in Indians/American-Indian Wars-North & Central US.
THE COURT MARTIALS OF GEORGE A. CUSTER
Custer was court martialed as a cadet in 1861 and again in 1867, when serving under Winfield Scott Hancock in Kansas. In the spring of 1876, Custer was involved in a Congressional inquiry into the conduct of the War Department. See:
Frost, Lawrence A. The Court Martial of General George Armstrong Custer. Norman, OK: U OK,
1968. 280 p. UB856C8F7.
_____. Custer Legends. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green, 1981. Chap 4. E467.1C99F74.
Monaghan, Jay. Custer. Lincoln, NE: U NE, 1971. pp. 298 306, 365 369. E467.1C99M652.
Shoemaker, John O. "The Custer Court Martial" Mil Review (Oct 1971): pp. 36 47. Per.
U.S. War Dept. General Court Martial Order 93, dated 20 Nov 1867. 3 p. MilPub-GO.
George A. Custer p.8
THOMAS W. CUSTER (brother of George)
Ambrose, Stephen E. “Brothers: The Custer Boys…” In Comrades…. NY: Simon & Schuster,
1999. pp. 34-41. E175.5A43A3.
Bird, Roy C., Jr. “Young Tom Custer’s Dash, Courage—and Rashness—Mirrored That of his Older
Brother George.” America’s CW (Jan 2003): pp. 12, 14 & 16. Per.
Canfield, S.S. History of the 21st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion.
Toledo: Vrooman, Anderson & Bateman, 1893. 260 p. E525.5.21st.C35.
Heitman, Francis B. Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army.... Vol. I. Wash, DC:
GPO, 1903. p. 348. U11U5H6.
Kidd, J.H. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman: With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the
Civil War. Grand Rapids: Black Letter, 1969 reprint of 1908 ed. 467 p. E514.6.6th.K45.
Michigan. Adjutant General's Department. Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War,
1861 1865. Vol. 36. Kalamazoo: Ihling, n.d. pp. 1 12 & 42 43. E514.3M62v36.
Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldier. Vol. II. Cincinnati OH:
Wilstach, Baldwin, 1872. pp. 148 54. E525R342v2.
Richley, John A. "The 'Unknown' Custer." Mil Rev (May 1984): pp. 72 75. Per.
U.S. Congress. Senate. Cmtte on Labor & Public Welfare. Subcmtte on Veteran's Affairs. Medal of
Honor, 1863 1968. Wash, DC: GPO, 1968. p. 69. Ref.
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