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Campaigning with Custer, 1868-69

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This is a day by day diary of David L. Spotts ,a volunteer in the 19th Kansas volunteer cavalry,detailing his recruitment into service through being mustered out. It contains a good introduction and an addendum telling the stories of the two white women held captive by the indians and rescued by Custer and the 7th cavalry. A wonderful book for anyone interested in how it was to be in the cavalry of that time (1868-69)and how it was to be beyond the borders of civilization.I have a special; interest in it because I own the land where the author, Custer with the two women ,the 7th and the 19th camped on the Sawlog creek north of Fort Dodge on their way to Fort Hays which is mentioned in this book.