Message from the President of the United State to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Forty-Fourth Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Documents

[Custer, George Armstrong] Grant, Ulysses S. | edited by Benjamin Perley Poore

Published by Government Printing Office, Washington, 1876

About this Item

Octavo. 815 pp. First edition. In publisher cloth. Edgeworn with closed tear to the top of the spine; staining and discoloration to to the rear board as well as to the textblock edges; minor silverfishing to the front pastedown; contents evenly toned throughout. A fairly uncommon volume with General Alfred Terry's report of General Custer's defeat at the the Battle of Little Bighorn. Also reprinted is Major Marcus Reno's report. Both reports offer details related to the movement prior to the engagement, information on which companies were involved and the losses. A larger than life individual, Custer's mystique has been complicated and controversial in relation to the United States government's policies and actions related to the indigenous Americans throughout the 19th century.

Seller Inventory # 10470

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Message from the President of the United State to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Forty-Fourth Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Documents
• Publisher: Government Printing Office, Washington
• Publication Date: 1876
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good+ binding
• Seller catalogs:
  • Civil War & Military
  • History--U.S.
  • Native Americana