Canadians With Custer

by Thomas, Mary

• ISBN13: 9781459704077
• ISBN10: 145970407X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-28
• Publisher: Dundurn Pr Ltd

Summary

There were 17 Canadians present when Lieutenant-Colonel George Armstrong Custer made his last stand in the battle at Little Bighorn River in 1876. Some had served in the Civil War, some were close friends or admirers of Custer, and some were mercenaries who just wanted a job with adventure.  William Winer Cooke, the scion of two prominent wealthy families in Upper Canada, became Custer's right-hand man. Mark Kellogg, a Canadian-American, was a journalist who joined the expedition by chance and documented the adventure in newspaper articles sent back east. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse were among the leaders of the Sioux and Cheyenne nations' victorious warriors in this desperate attempt to save their lands from the white invasion.  Canadians with Custertells the amazing stories of the Canadians who joined the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army and provides new information on Custer's fatal battle.

Author Biography

Mary Thomas is a journalist and broadcaster. Her broadcasting career has taken her to Bosnia, Honduras, South Korea, and Canada's High Arctic. She has taught part-time at Loyalist College and has written for newspapers, including Toronto's Telegram. Mary Thomas is the author of three previous non-fiction books. She lives in Belleville, Ontario.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 9
Prologue	p. 11
The Seventh Cavalry, June 1867	p. 15
George Armstrong Custer	p. 23
Custer's Court Martial	p. 27
Court Martial Continued	p. 39
William Winer Cooke	p. 51
Donald McIntosh	p. 59
The Battle of Washita	p. 67
The Aftermath	p. 79
Cooke and Custer	p. 91
The Seventh Cavalry Heads South	p. 101
The Northern Pacific Railway	p. 107
The Seventh Cavalry Heads Northwest	p. 115
The McIntosh Household	p. 123
The Indians and the Black Hills	p. 127
A New Assignment	p. 139
Seventh Cavalry and the Black Hills	p. 147
McIntosh Goes South	p. 153
More Canadians Sign Up	p. 159
The Hodgson Incident	p. 169
The Black Hills Strategy	p. 173
Journalist Mark Kellogg	p. 179
The March West	p. 187
Heading to Little Bighorn	p. 197
Custer Splits his Command	p. 201
The Attack on the Indian Village	p. 205
The Battle of Little Bighorn	p. 215
Custer's Last Stand	p. 221
General Terry to the Rescue	p. 227
Burying the Bodies	p. 231
The Fate of the Canadians	p. 239
Epilogue	p. 245
Notes	p. 255
Bibliography	p. 273
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