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On the Little Bighorn with Walter Camp : a collection of W.M. Camp's letters, notes and opinions on Custer's last fight / compiled and edited by Richard G. Hardorff.

Title
On the Little Bighorn with Walter Camp : a collection of W.M. Camp's letters, notes and opinions on Custer's last fight / compiled and edited by Richard G. Hardorff.
Author
Camp, Walter Mason, 1867-1925
Publication
El Segundo, Calif. : Upton and Sons, Publishers, 2002.

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Hardorff, Richard G.
Description
xviii, 267 p., [4] l. of folded pl. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"This volume of never-before-published material is the result of the avocational efforts of the late Walter M. Camp, who was fascinated with the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Camp, who died in 1925 before he could complete his proposed masterpiece, spoke with and corresponded, between 1908 and 1925, with 109 individuals who either belonged to Custer's cavalry or to his Indian scout force, or were civilians attached to Custer's regiment. The letters were written by such notables as Generals Edward S. Godfrey, Owen J. Sweet, Charles F. Roe, Colonels Chas. A. Varnum and George S. Young, First Sergeants John Ryan and Charles Windoph, Sergeants Daniel A. Knipe and Stanislas Roy and Privates Augustus L. DeVoto, James M. Rooney, William O. Taylor and Peter Thompson. To this array Hardorff has added thirty-three letters composed by Camp and sent to various correspondents. The letters deal with various aspects of Custer's approach to and attack of the Indian village, the burial of the dead, the transfer of their remains in 1881, and the placement of the markers in 1890"--Jacket.
Series Statement
Montana and the West series ; volume XIV
Uniform Title
Montana and the West series ; v. 14.
Subject
  • Custer, George A. 1839-1876
  • Camp, Walter Mason, 1867-1925 > Archives
  • Camp, Walter Mason, 1867-1925 > Correspondence
  • Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
  • Indians of North America > Wars > 1866-1895
  • Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 > Personal narratives
Genre/Form
  • Personal narratives
  • Records and correspondence
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Letters -- Interview notes -- Camp's opinions.
OCLC
  • 49911719
  • SCSB-12695224
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library