This auction is for an older hardback book - illustrated


A SAD AND
TERRIBLE BLUNDER

Generals Terry and Custer
At The Little Big Horn:  New Discoveries

Roger Darling

Potomac-Western Press
Vienna, Virginia

Copyright © 1990
Roger Darling

First edition - June 1990
Second printing - May 1992

295 pages


CONTENTS

Foreword

Misgivings Begin At Rosebud Creek

General Terry And Custer - Past Encounters And Judgments

The Indian War Zone Terrain - General Terry's Maps

The Strategic Plan Evolves

General Terry's Strategic Plan - An Assessment

The Expedition Commander
  The Early Years
  Terry's Military Life
  Terry's Domestic Life

Colonel Gibbon's Montana Column

From Rosebud Creek To Fort Pease
  Passage Of The Montana Troops
  Terry's Passage
  Custer's Attack-Force March, June 24, 1876

Command Failure - An Opportunity Lost

Custer's Attack-Force Alone Amid Uncertainty, June 25, 1876
  Major Reno's Actions After The Lone Tepee
  Speculation

General Terry Arrives One Day Late - June 26, 1876

General Terry's Strategic Plan - Salvage

Post-Battle Postures

The Final Years

Bibliography

Index


ebay order details not used, as ebay details showed this book as printed in 1990, this is a second printing May 1992


Scuffs, rubs and dents to covers and edges

Binding is good

Soiled or smudges are to upper back cover - see image

I have found no stray marks, notes or names written



Book weighs 2 pounds 15.5 ounces - prior to packaging



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