Being snowed in for two days without power gives one a great deal of time to reflect. Mostly I reflected on the fact that I don’t care much for being snowed in with no power. I hope the worst of the winter weather is behind us. I admire the pioneers who made the journey west read more…

The last letter Elizabeth sent George was written on June 22, 1876 from Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory. “My own darling,” she began, “I dreamed of you as I knew I should. Col. P. has sent word by scouts that the Post is to be attacked. I don’t feel alarmed, because we have so read more…

Five years after George and Elizabeth Custer were married, George writes his wife from a location in the Wichita Mountains to share with her the trials of his command. The date was February 19, 1869. “My Darling…I have been very strict with the officers, have no favorites where duty is concerned. I have had Tom read more…

On this day more than one hundred and forty years ago, Elizabeth Custer was reading a letter her husband had written to her on their anniversary. Elizabeth was in Monroe, Michigan and George was with his troops thirty-five miles from Fort Cobb. “I have made a long march since writing you,” his letter began. We read more…

In mid-February 1872, George Custer was missing his wife terribly. He was in Kentucky and she was with family and friends shopping for clothes in Ohio. “I expect my Sunbeam is so deeply interested in the mysteries of clothes that all thoughts of her dear Bo are vanished. The little bouquet-holder you gave me stands read more…

On February 11, 1864, Judge Bacon wrote a short letter from Monroe Michigan to his nieces in Richmond, Virginia to tell them about his daughter, Elizabeth and her new husband, George Custer’s honeymoon schedule. “The wedding pair went from Cleveland to Buffalo thence to Rochester where they saw “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Then to Onandaga, to read more…

The Elizabeth Custer book Howard Kazanjian and I wrote entitled None Wounded, None Missing, All Dead will be in bookstores everywhere in May. In preparation for the release of this title I am going to chronicle what George and Elizabeth Custer were doing at this time in 1864. Fortunately, Elizabeth kept a journal and the read more…

It wasn’t until I began working on the book about Elizabeth Custer that I knew how much she and George wanted a child. Elizabeth often wrote her husband about her desire to have a son or daughter. She reproached herself for not being able to get pregnant. George was sweet and reassured her that in read more…

The Yuma Territorial Prison was a brutal place for criminals to be sent. The first seven inmates entered the Territorial prison at Yuma, Arizona on July 1, 1876. They were locked into cells that they had constructed with their own hands. In the coming 33 years, a total of 3,069 prisoners, including 29 women, lived read more…