Research Catalog
At Custer's side : the Civil War writings of James Harvey Kidd
- Title
- At Custer's side : the Civil War writings of James Harvey Kidd / edited by Eric J. Wittenberg.
- Author
- Kidd, James Harvey, 1840-1913.
- Publication
- Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, ©2001.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | E514.6 6th .K4 2001 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Wittenberg, Eric J., 1961-
- Description
- xviii, 140 pages : maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "During the Civil War, James Harvey Kidd fought alongside General George Armstrong Custer as a member of the 6th Michigan Cavalry - the Wolverines. A student at the University of Michigan at the outbreak of the war, Kidd enlisted in 1862 and was elected captain, commanding a company of Wolverines. Within two years he was promoted to colonel and took command of the regiment. In the fall of 1863, he succeeded Custer as commander of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade and eventually received a brevet to brigadier general of volunteers. After the war, Kidd served as brigadier general in the Michigan National Guard and, upon returning to his civilian career as a newspaperman, published two newspapers in his hometown of Ionia, Michigan.
- He also wrote a memoir of his service, Personal Reminiscences of a Cavalryman in Custer's Michigan Brigade, a classic of Civil War literature." "Eric J. Wittenberg presents many of this newspaperman's captivating writings in their original form in At Custer's Side: The Civil War Writings of James Harvey Kidd. Kidd wrote eloquently about his Civil War experiences, especially his service with Custer. His speech given at the dedication of the Custer monument in Monroe, Michigan, is particularly important, as it provides readers with one of the first revisionist views of the tragedy that befell Custer at Little Big Horn."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Kidd, James Harvey, 1840-1913
- Custer, George A. 1839-1876
- Custer, George A. 1839-1876
- Kidd, James Harvey, 1840-1913
- United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1862-1865)
- 1861-1865
- Soldiers > Michigan > Biography
- Military operations, Cavalry
- Regimental histories
- Soldiers
- Amerikaanse burgeroorlog
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives
- Michigan > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives
- United States > History > Regimental histories. > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Michigan > History > Regimental histories. > Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States > History > Cavalry operations. > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Michigan
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Personal narratives
- Personal narratives.
- Récits personnels.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-137) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Brian C. Pohanka -- Address of General James H. Kidd, at the Dedication of Michigan Monuments Upon the Battle Field of Gettysburg, June 12, 1889 -- The Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Wilderness: A Paper Read Before the Michigan Commandery of the Loyal Legion -- Charge of the First Cavalry Division at Winchester -- Memorial Address, Delivered in the Park at Ionia, May 30, 1885 -- Historical Sketch of General Custer -- App. A. Operations of Our Cavalry: The Michigan Cavalry Brigade / E.A. Paul -- App. B. Gen. George A. Custers's "Lost" Report of the Battle on the East Cavalry Field, Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
- ISBN
- 0873386876
- 9780873386876
- LCCN
- 00062019
- OCLC
- ocm44841502
- 44841502
- SCSB-1216179
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library