"During the Civil War, James Harvey Kidd fought alongside General George Armstrong Custer as a member of the 6th Michigan Cavalry - the Wolverines. A student at the University of Michigan at the outbreak of the war, Kidd enlisted in 1862 and was elected captain, commanding a company of Wolverines. Within two years he was promoted to colonel and took command of the regiment. In the fall of 1863, he succeeded Custer as commander of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade and eventually received a brevet to brigadier general of volunteers. After the war, Kidd served as brigadier general in the Michigan National Guard and, upon returning to his civilian career as a newspaperman, published two newspapers in his hometown of Ionia, Michigan.

Foreword /Brian C. Pohanka -- Address of General James H. Kidd, at the Dedication of Michigan Monuments Upon the Battle Field of Gettysburg, June 12, 1889 -- The Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Wilderness: A Paper Read Before the Michigan Commandery of the Loyal Legion -- Charge of the First Cavalry Divison at Winchester -- Memorial Address, Delivered in the Park at Ionia, May 30, 1885 -- Historical Sketch of General Custer -- App. A. Operations of Our Cavalry: The Michigan Cavalry Brigade / E. A. Paul -- App. B. Gen. George A. Custers's "Lost" Report of the Battle on the East Cavalry Field, Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.