Years before his fateful stand at the Little Bighorn, George Armstrong Custer fought in the Civil War, a bright and shiny brigadier general of volunteers in the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. Riding with Custer and his 'Wolverines' was Captain James H. Kidd, who saw action extending from the raid...
One of Custer's Wolverines: The Civil War Letters of Brevet Brigadier General James H. Kidd, 6th Michigan Cavalry - 2000, Page iii Read One of Custer's Wolverines: The Civil War Letters of Brevet Brigadier General James H. Kidd, 6th Michigan Cavalry now at Questia....
James Harvey Kidd
George A. Custer gained fame as a skilled cavalry leader in the Civil War but is best remembered for his stunning defeat at Little Bighorn in 1876.
. Custer was at Hanover, Hunterstown, and Gettysburg where he led his men in a pitched Cavalry fight at the same time as "Pickett's Charge". His 'Wolverines' success at stopping Stuart's 'Invincible's' on July 3rd, 1863, forced General Lee to abandon Pennsylvania on July 5th. ...
"During the Civil War, James Harvey Kidd fought alongside General George Armstrong Custer as a member of the 6th Michigan Cavalry - the Wolverines. A student at the University of Michigan at the outbreak of the war, Kidd enlisted in 1862 and was elected captain, commanding a company of ...