Captain Benteen Part III: Custer & the Black Hills. Lives of the Little Bighorn

Описание: Captain Frederick Benteen's role at the Battle of the Little Bighorn remains controversial to this day.

Here we cover the Yellowstone Campaign of 1873, the Fort Laramie Treaties, and the Black HIlls Expedition of 1874 (and the ousting of illegal prospectors Benteen will attempt in 1875) and how all of these events pave the way to the the Little Bighorn fight.

Through it all, Kate raised (and lost) children. She and young Freddie followed Benteen to rough forts out in the Dakotas, and traveled when he was tasked with Reconstruction duties in the South.

Their marriage and the letters they shared give incredible insight into what it was like to be a member of the US military community on the frontier during the Indian Wars.

Please take a look at Part I (Fred and Kate's younger days and Benteen's Civil War service-- ending with Benteen's first meeting with Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer) and Part II (which follows the clashes between Benteen and Custer, culminating at the Battle of the Washita, creating gossip and unpleasantness that would ripple out and haunt the Seventh Cavalry for decades).

Through it all, Benteen could depend on the devotion of his wife, Kate, whom he called "Frab" or "Frabbie" in the many letters he sent her over the years.

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