• Editor’s Note


• Introduction by Arlene Reynolds


• Preface by Elizabeth B. Custer


• 1. May I Begin


• 2. An Embryo Soldier


• 3. “I’m the Nest Egg”


• 4. Our First Eventful Journey


• 5. My Baptism of Fire


• 6. “And Do They All Do That to You?”


• 7. I Seem to Have Been Mostly Blushing


• 8. “Let’s Take Our Hour”


• 9. “The Old Lady Kicks agin It”


• 10. In My Usual Courageous Position


• 11. After Wearing Anxiety


• 12. “Another Glorious Day for Our Arms’


• 13. Joy That the War Was Over


• 14. Knighthood in Flower


• Epilogue


• The Red Neck Tie


• Young Custer’s Bride


• Bibliography


• Index