Glorious

In this podiobook: On June 25th, 1876, General George Custer died at the Little Big Horn.Why did Custer rush into battle against the largest agglomeration of Indians ever seen in the West, without waiting for support from other cavalry contingents which w

Chapter 39 - Glorious 07/09/2007

Chapter 39 - Glorious -In this episode: The Battle of the Little Big Horn - Part III. And The End. /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16934

Chapter 38 - Glorious 07/08/2007

Chapter 38 - Glorious -In this episode: Reno's Court of Inquiry /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16933

Chapter 37 - Glorious 07/07/2007

Chapter 37 - Glorious -In this episode: The Battle of the Little Big Horn - Part II /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16932

Chapter 36 - Glorious 07/06/2007

Chapter 36 - Glorious -In this episode: The Battle of the Little Big Horn - Part I /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16931

Chapter 35 - Glorious 07/05/2007

Chapter 35 - Glorious -In this episode: In the Crow's Nest /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16930

Chapter 34 - Glorious 07/04/2007

Chapter 34 - Glorious -In this episode: Custer sets out after the Sioux. /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16929

Chapter 33 - Glorious 07/03/2007

Chapter 33 - Glorious -In this episode: On the Yellowstone River, three cavalry columns converge on the Sioux - Colonel John Gibbon from the west, General George Crook from the south, and Terry and Custer from the east. Terry expected to find the Sioux on the Little Missouri River - but th /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16928

Chapter 32 - Glorious 07/02/2007

Chapter 32 - Glorious -In this episode: At Terry's St. Paul headquarters, Custer learns that Terry, not Belknap had ordered him to receive the suspicious Indian corn. Custer writes to Clymer, explaining that he was wrong and that there was no longer any reason for him to return to testify. /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16927

Chapter 31 - Glorious 07/01/2007

Chapter 31 - Glorious -In this episode: But the Democrats decide to impeach Secretary Belknap, even though he has resigned, and Custer is summoned to Washington. Though warned against it by Sheridan's aide, Custer testifies against Belknap before the House. Terry's column will march agains /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16926

Chapter 30 - Glorious 06/30/2007

Chapter 30 - Glorious -In this episode: James Gordon Bennett convinces Custer to testify at the hearing on Belknap's corruption, by promising to support Custer for President if Tilden's nomination is stalled. Belknap orders Custer to report to General Terry in St. Paul, Minnesota, to get h /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16925

Chapter 29 - Glorious 06/29/2007

Chapter 29 - Glorious -In this episode: The government tries to buy the Black Hills, but they won't meet the Indians' price. So they order all Sioux to confine themselves to their reservation, promising to attack any who stay out. Sitting Bull refuses to come in. Broke in New York, Custer /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16924

Chapter 28 - Glorious 06/28/2007

Chapter 28 - Glorious -In this episode: The Black Hills expedition finds gold. Custer and the press send the word back to the world. Custer's Galaxy Magazine articles are published as a book. And August Belmont starts him thinking about running for president. /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16923

Chapter 27 - Glorious 06/27/2007

Chapter 27 - Glorious -In this episode: Custer has his first skirmishes with Sitting Bull. Although Custer holds the Sioux off and the railroad survey is completed, the Panic of '73 shuts the Northern Pacific down. Custer is assigned to Fort Lincoln in Dakota Territory. Custer thinks it's /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16922

Chapter 26 - Glorious 06/26/2007

Chapter 26 - Glorious -In this episode: After Custer's sister's wedding, Custer and Libbie reunite. The 7th Cavalry is sent to guard Northern Pacific surveyors in Sioux country, what is now the Dakotas, Wyoming and Montana, and Libbie goes along. /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16921

Chapter 25 - Glorious 06/25/2007

Chapter 25 - Glorious -In this episode: Custer goes to Kentucky and is bored to tears. But Sheridan calls him to Chicago to deal with the great fire, and sends him out with a Russian grand duke on a hunting expedition. When the duke's party continues to New Orleans, an angry Libbie joins C /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16920

Chapter 24 - Glorious 06/24/2007

Chapter 24 - Glorious -In this episode: The Northern Pacific buys Custer - but for what? /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16919

Chapter 23 - Glorious 06/23/2007

Chapter 23 - Glorious -In this episode: Custer dines with the New York press, and finds out whom Jay Cooke has bought. /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16918

Chapter 22 - Glorious 06/22/2007

Chapter 22 - Glorious -In this episode: A beautiful soprano seduces him, too. Libbie asks him with whom he has slept since their marriage. He tells her. She banishes him. /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16917

Chapter 21 - Glorious 06/21/2007

Chapter 21 - Glorious -In this episode: The Cheyenne are finished, and Libbie sends Custer to New York again to find another career. There, Wall Street begins to seduce him. /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16916

Chapter 20 - Glorious 06/20/2007

Chapter 20 - Glorious -In this episode: Custer returns the squaws to the Cheyenne, says goodbye to Meyotzi and learns that she is pregnant with his child. /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16915

Chapter 19 - Glorious 06/19/2007

Chapter 19 - Glorious -In this episode: The Cheyenne return the two captured white women. /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16914

Chapter 18 - Glorious 06/18/2007

Chapter 18 - Glorious -In this episode: The Cheyenne do not come in. Custer goes out to look for them, taking Meyotzi. But the Cheyenne have slipped into Texas; Custer does not have enough supplies to follow them. He releases Little Robe who promises to bring them in. After Sheridan goes t /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16913

Chapter 17 - Glorious 06/17/2007

Chapter 17 - Glorious -In this episode: Sheridan sends the captured squaws to Fort Hays, but keeps Mahwissa and Meotzi on hand in case their help is needed with the other Cheyenne. He insists Custer show him the Washita battlefield. There they find Elliott and his men, massacred. Grant is /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16912

Chapter 16 - Glorious 06/16/2007

Chapter 16 - Glorious -In this episode: Custer consummates his "marriage" to the captured daughter of a chief /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16911

Chapter 15 - Glorious 06/15/2007

Chapter 15 - Glorious -In this episode: The Battle of the Washita /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16910

Chapter 14 - Glorious 06/14/2007

Chapter 14 - Glorious -In this episode: Custer is convicted and suspended from rank and pay. The Peace Commission signs a treaty with the Cheyenne; the Indians give up Kansas and agree to move to the Red River near Texas. But they go back to the Smoky Hill to hunt buffalo, and while there /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16909

Chapter 13 - Glorious 06/13/2007

Chapter 13 - Glorious -In this episode: Custer is arrested and courtmartialed for abandoning his mission and rushing to see Libbie. The Hancock mission has been a failure, and Hancock intends to make Custer the goat. While Custer awaits trial, President Andrew Johnson, in response to publi /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16908

Chapter 12 - Glorious 06/12/2007

Chapter 12 - Glorious -In this episode: At Fort Wallace Custer finds a letter written by a soldier at the request of Custer's illiterate cook, telling him that Libbie and Captain Weir looked to be a little too intimate when she was at Hays. Enraged, Custer takes a small party and rushes to /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16907

Chapter 11 - Glorious 06/11/2007

Chapter 11 - Glorious -In this episode: Desperate to be with Libbie, Custer disobeys General Sherman's orders. Instead of heading north after Pawnee Killer, Custer turns south toward Fort Wallace, where he has asked Libbie to meet him. Pawnee Killer finds Custer, and attacks him. After dri /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16906

Chapter 10 - Glorious 06/10/2007

Chapter 10 - Glorious -In this episode: Custer rides out toward the Platte River to rescue the Union Pacific's workers. Meanwhile, huge rains flood the country around Fort Hays, and to escape the floods Libbie and Anna flee east to Fort Riley. Out on the Platte, Custer meets Pawnee Killer /episode/index/show/glorious/id/16905

Glorious

TOPICS