Following the Guidon: The Experiences of General Custer's Wife with the U. S. 7th Cavalry - Hardcoverby Elizabeth B. Custer (Author) The wife of a famous soldier on campaign on the Western Plains of America Despite a successful career during the Civil War and a meteoritic elevation in rank as the 'Boy General, ' it is the later career of George Armstrong Custer as the charismatic commander of the 7th Cavalry at war with the Plains Indians on the Western frontier that has most captured the public imagination. Whilst this has much to do with his final