The Widow's Circle: Elizabeth Bacon Custer and the Women of Little Bighorn: Beyond the Battle of the Little Bighorn

by Chris Enss (Author), Chris Enss (Author), Howard Kazanjian (Author), Chris Kortlander (Primary Contributor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2020

  $23.12

  There have been many books written about General George Custer and a handful have been penned about Elizabeth Bacon Custer, but there have been nothing written about the widows of the Last Stand. This will be a first. Nine months after the massacre at Custer's Last Stand, Elizabeth Custer scheduled a reunion with the widows of the Little Big Horn. On June 25, 1887, the women met in Monroe, Michigan, to reflect on the events leading up to the battle, remember the loved ones that were killed, and share how they have been able to go on. The widows got together every year for more than twenty years. In between reunions they corresponded with each other, exchanged photographs, and supported one another through the difficult times. This book features never-before-seen materials from the Elizabeth Custer Library and Museum at Garryowen, Montana, including letters between Elizabeth Custer and the other widows, letters to and from politicians and the widows supporting and criticizing General Custer, and agendas and pictures of the widows at the annual meetings.