On the Frontier: The Western Career of General John Gibbon (Expanded, Annotated)

General John Gibbon was a central figure in two of America's most famous battles. At Gettysburg in 1863, Pickett's Charge was aimed right at Gibbon's troops. In 1876, Gibbon commanded the Montana Column that was to unite with George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry at the Little Bighorn. Gibbon's arrival with General Terry is what saved the survivors of that disaster.

Here in his own words are Gibbon's masterful narratives of his time in the west. Included are his diary from his 1860 jou...