Life in Custer's Cavalry: Diaries and Letters of Albert and Jennie Barnitz, 1867-1868 - Paperback

by Robert M. Utley (Editor)

Albert and Jennie Barnitz "were both perceptive, articulate individuals who fully realized that they were involved in fascinating historically important events. They have left a record of frontier military life that can scarcely be matched elsewhere. . . . Historian and buff alike will find this volume both enlightening and entertaining."-Paul A. Hutton, Journal of American History. Editor Robert Utley's books available in Bison Books editions include Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life; Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891; and Frontiersmen in Blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848-1865.

Back Jacket

Through the study of the Barnitz Papers, the author writes a vivid description of frontier army life; of the attitudes of officers and their wives toward Indians, settlers, and themselves; and of particular characters and events in the story of Indian warfare in Kansas after the Civil War.

Author Biography

Editor Robert Utley's books available in Bison Books editions include Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life; Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891; and Frontiersmen in Blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848-1865.