An aide to Custer : the Civil War letters of Lt. Edward G. Granger / edited by Sandy Barnard ; compiled by Thomas Singelyn.

In August 1862, nineteen-year-old Edward G. Granger joined the 5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment as a second lieutenant. On August 20, 1863, the newly-promoted Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer appointed Granger as one of his aides, a position Granger would hold until his death in August 1864. Many of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Granger, Edward G., 1843-1864 (Author)
Other Authors: Barnard, Sandy (Editor)
Singelyn, Thomas, 1929- (Compiler)
Language:English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2018.
Series:MSU Archives & Historical Collections Reading Room Books.
Subjects:
Granger, Edward G., > 1843-1864 > Correspondence.
United States. > Army. > Michigan Cavalry Brigade (1862-1865)
United States. > Army. > Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1862-1865)
Custer, George A. > (George Armstrong), > 1839-1876 > Friends and associates.
Custer, George A. > (George Armstrong), > 1839-1876.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Cavalry operations.
Friendship.
Military campaigns.
Military operations, Cavalry.
United States.
1861-1865
History.
Personal narratives.
Records and correspondence.
Genre:
Correspondence.
Personal narratives.
History.
Records and correspondence.
Local Note:
UA: In dust jacket.
Physical Description:xxi, 295 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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