. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . uster showedthat he had acted uponthe last orders that hehad received from , Avho had toldhim to proceed to FortWallace, Avhere Gen. Han-cock would give him further directions ; that since the latter offi-cer had left Fort Wallace before his arrival, he thought it hisduty to follow him personally, but necessity had compelled himto obtain supplies for the station. But the Indian campaign of1867 had been a failure, and it was necessary to tind a was therefore selected to be held as the cause of fail-ure, and being fou
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . uster showedthat he had acted uponthe last orders that hehad received from , Avho had toldhim to proceed to FortWallace, Avhere Gen. Han-cock would give him further directions ; that since the latter offi-cer had left Fort Wallace before his arrival, he thought it hisduty to follow him personally, but necessity had compelled himto obtain supplies for the station. But the Indian campaign of1867 had been a failure, and it was necessary to tind a was therefore selected to be held as the cause of fail-ure, and being found guilty, was sentenced to be suspended fromrank and pay for a year. The justice of this sentence is notapparent; if he deserved any punishment at all, if the chargeswere at all true, he should have been instantly dismissed; if thiswas too severe for the facts, he was not guilty of the offense withwhich he was charged. Gen. Sheridan was put in command of this Indian country, andarrived at Leavenworth, where Custer was tried, just alter sen-. GEN. PHILIP H. SHERIDAX. CALIFORNIA JOE. 499 tence was passed; not a word could he say of trial or sentence;etiquette prevented him; but he placed his suite of apartments,reserved for him as department commander, at Custers as spring came on, and with it the Indian campaign, Custercould not bear to see the regiment depart for active service whilehe was left behind; so he returned to Monroe, Michigan, wherehis boyhood had been passed at his sisters house, and where hehad met and married his wife. While he tried to kill time here, and, being of a disposition in-clined to make the best of things, doubtless succeeded, his com-rades on the plains, trying to kill Indians, were less campaign of the spring and summer of 1868 was as great afailure as that of the previous year. Even in his short experi-ence, Custer had shown himself good material for an Indian fight-er, and early in the fall he received a telegram from Gen
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