Chapter 39 - Glorious
-In this episode: The Battle of the Little Big Horn - Part III. And The End.
Jul 09, 2007•24 min
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 were on their way to the scene?To answer that, you need to know what happened on June 27th."Glorious," a podcast novel by Aram Schefrin, tells Custer's story from after the Civil War through the date of his massacre, in the voice of Captain Frederick Benteen, the soldier who hated him.
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Chapter 38 - Glorious
-In this episode: Reno's Court of Inquiry
Jul 08, 2007•19 min
Chapter 37 - Glorious
-In this episode: The Battle of the Little Big Horn - Part II
Jul 07, 2007•18 min
Chapter 36 - Glorious
-In this episode: The Battle of the Little Big Horn - Part I
Jul 06, 2007•26 min
Chapter 35 - Glorious
-In this episode: In the Crow's Nest
Jul 05, 2007•13 min
Chapter 34 - Glorious
-In this episode: Custer sets out after the Sioux.
Jul 04, 2007•20 min
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
Jul 03, 2007•20 min
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.
Jul 02, 2007•21 min
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
Jul 01, 2007•19 min
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
Jun 30, 2007•22 min
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
Jun 29, 2007•20 min
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.
Jun 28, 2007•19 min
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
Jun 27, 2007•22 min
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.
Jun 26, 2007•21 min
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
Jun 25, 2007•22 min
Chapter 24 - Glorious
-In this episode: The Northern Pacific buys Custer - but for what?
Jun 24, 2007•13 min
Chapter 23 - Glorious
-In this episode: Custer dines with the New York press, and finds out whom Jay Cooke has bought.
Jun 23, 2007•17 min
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.
Jun 22, 2007•20 min
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.
Jun 21, 2007•18 min
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.
Jun 20, 2007•21 min
Chapter 19 - Glorious
-In this episode: The Cheyenne return the two captured white women.
Jun 19, 2007•19 min
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
Jun 18, 2007•20 min
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
Jun 17, 2007•18 min
Chapter 16 - Glorious
-In this episode: Custer consummates his "marriage" to the captured daughter of a chief
Jun 16, 2007•16 min
Chapter 15 - Glorious
-In this episode: The Battle of the Washita
Jun 15, 2007•34 min
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
Jun 14, 2007•21 min
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
Jun 13, 2007•19 min
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
Jun 12, 2007•19 min
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
Jun 11, 2007•23 min
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
Jun 10, 2007•23 min
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