I noticed tonight, this new book is listed on Amazon with a due date of January 31, 2015. That may seem a bit optimistic, but who knows. Since it is now listed I think it safe to list the contents, always-- of course-- subject to change by the publisher...
Chapters—
1. Drums Along the Rosebud
2. The Busby Bend
3. Davis Creek and the Divide
4. The Flip Side of the Coin
5. Plan A: Tullock’s Creek
6. Crossing the Divide
7. Benteen’s Left Oblique
8. A Change of Plans
9. The Little Big Horn Valley
10. 3,411 and Retreat
11. A List of Messengers
12. Into the Tunnel
13. Ford B: Attack or Reconnaissance
14. Scouts
15. “Benteen Is Coming!”
16. Custer Moves North
17. Hell In a Very Small Place
18. The Graveyard Watch
19. Too Late—Reno Follows
20. Designed to Win, Doomed to Fail
Appendix A… Place Names and Distances
Appendix B… Vegetation at the Little Big Horn
Appendix C… Marker Placement and Artifact Analysis
Appendix D… Indian Recollections of the Time the Battle Began
Time/Distance/Speed Figures—
1. June 24: To the Busby Camp and Varnum’s Departure
2. June 24-25: Busby Camp to Halt One
3. June 25: Halt One to Custer’s arrival at the Crow’s Nest
4. The Curtiss Incident
5. Officers’ Call—Crow’s Nest to the Divide
6. Divide Crossing to the Flats
7. Benteen’s Scout
8. Custer/Reno Separation to Reno’s Dismount
9. From Separation to 3,411
10. The Valley Fight—Dismount to Retreat
11. Scouts
12. Reno’s Retreat to Benteen’s Arrival
13. Boston Custer
14. Messengers
15. Benteen: Reno Creek to Reno Hill
16. The Pack Train
17. Benteen’s Arrival to the Arrival of the Packs
18. The Approach to 3,411 and Ford B
19. Ford B to Calhoun Hill
20. Calhoun Hill Deployment
21. Keogh to Custer on Cemetery Ridge
22. Cemetery Ridge to the End
23. Warriors
24. Weir Peaks and Return
25. Stragglers
1. CHART 1—Crossing the Divide: Battalion Organization
2. CHART 2—Variable Cueing: Column Length
3. CHART 3—Reno in the Valley (1)—After Crossing the LBH River
4. CHART 4—Reno in the Valley (2)—Participants’ Locations
5. CHART 5—Reno in the Valley (3)—Moving Into Line
6. CHART 6—Reno in the Valley (4)—Battalion on Line
7. CHART 7—Reno Hill—Night of June 25, 1876
Maps—
Reno Creek
Reno in the Valley
3,411
Benteen Along Reno Creek
Custer’s Route to Calhoun Hill
Custer’s Route to Last Stand Hill
Keogh’s Deployment
Final Body Placement, Custer Field: Composite, A – D
A. Last Stand Hill, Deep Ravine, and the Yates Battalion
B. Calhoun Hill, Calhoun Coulee, Battle Ridge, and the Keogh Battalion
C. Ford B and Deep Coulee
D. Marc Kellogg and Cemetery Ridge
Best wishes,
Fred.