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The Class of 1861
Custer, Ames, and Their Classmates after West Point
Ralph Kirshner
With a Foreword by George A. Plimpton
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Copyright © 1999 by the Board of Trustees,
Southern Illinois University
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
02 01 00 99 4 3 2 1
Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data
Kirshner, Ralph, 1946–
The Class of 1861 : Custer, Ames, and their classmates
after West Point / Ralph Kirshner ; foreword by
George A. Plimpton.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
1. United States Military Academy. Class of 1861—
History. 2. United States Military Academy. Class of
1861—Biography. 3. United States. Army—Officers—
Biography. 4. United States—History—Civil War,
1861–1865. 5. Custer, George Armstrong, 1839–1876. 6.
Ames, Adelbert, 1835–1933. I. Title.
U410.N1 1861
355'.0092'273—dc21 9851309
[b] CIP
ISBN 0809320665 (cloth : alk. paper)
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed
Library Materials, ANSI Z39.481984.
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To Blanche Ames
daughter of General Adelbert Ames, class of May 1861,
for setting an example for anyone upset at an author.
When President John F. Kennedy would not make corrections
about her father, General Ames, in his
Profiles in Courage
—
she wrote her own book.
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
ix
Foreword
xi
George A. Plimpton
Preface
xv
Acknowledgments
xvii
Part One: War Years
1. Introduction: Buglers' Assembly
3
2. Flames of Rebellion
13
3. Courage and Ambition
25
4. The Vicksburg Campaign
37
5. Gettysburg
47
6. The Boy Generals
59
7. Custer, Rosser, and du Pont
66
8. Ending the War
87
Part Two: Postwar Lives
9. Adelbert Ames: Reconstruction Governor
97
10. George Armstrong Custer: Little Bighorn
111
11. Thomas Lafayette Rosser: Custer's Rebel Friend
120
12. John Whitney Barlow: Explorer of Yellowstone
124
13. Henry Algernon du Pont: Businessman, Senator, Author
127
14. Judson Kilpatrick: Playwright and Diplomat
130
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