After his death, Custer achieved lasting fame. Custer's wife Elizabeth, who had accompanied him in many of his frontier expeditions, did much to advance his fame with the publication of several books about her late husband: Boots and Saddles, Life with General Custer in Dakota,Elizabeth B. Custer, Boots and Saddles, or Life in Dakota with General Custer. (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1885) Tenting on the Plains, or General Custer in Kansas and TexasElizabeth B. Custer, Tenting on the Plains, or General Custer in Kansas and Texas. (New York, C.L. Webster and Co., 1887) and Following the Guidon.,Elizabeth B. Custer, Following the Guidon. (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890) thus furthering a "Custer myth". The emergence of this myth was also supported by the secrecy of the Official Record of the 1879 Court of Inquiry, which was not released until 1951.
After his death, Custer achieved lasting fame. Custer's wife Elizabeth, who had accompanied him in many of his frontier expeditions, did much to advance his fame with the publication of several books about her late husband: Boots and Saddles, Life with General Custer in Dakota,Elizabeth B. Custer, Boots and Saddles, or Life in Dakota with General Custer. (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1885) Tenting on the Plains, or General Custer in Kansas and TexasElizabeth B. Custer, Tenting on the Plains, or General Custer in Kansas and Texas. (New York, C.L. Webster and Co., 1887) and Following the Guidon.,Elizabeth B. Custer, Following the Guidon (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890) thus furthering a "Custer myth". The emergence of this myth was also supported by the secrecy of the. Official Record of the 1879 Court of Inquiry, which was not released until 1951.