Scope and Contents 30 letters written to his wife Fanny J. at Fort Totten, beginning at Fort Seward, Dakota Territory, March 14-April 13, 1876 and continuing at Fort A. Lincoln during April, and various points in the field during May and June with George A. Custer, to whose command he was attached as a contract surgeon, and ending "Yellowstone, Mouth of Rosebud Creek, June 21st 76." He recounts life in the field with the U.S. 7th Cavalry in considerable detail. Also included are two letters written to Mrs....