"The biography and annotated journal of physician James Madison DeWolf, a contract surgeon for the Seventh Cavalry, who accompanied Lieutenant Colonel George Custer's battalion at the Battle of the Little Big Horn and died in the early stages of battle." -- Provided by publisher.

"James DeWolf's diary and letters were originally published in North Dakota History 25, nos. 1 and 2 (1958): 33-82."

James Madison DeWolf of Mehoopany, Pennsylvania -- Fort Seward, D.T. : March 10 to April 14, 1876 -- Fort Abraham Lincoln, D.T. : April 16 to May 14, 1876 -- Misjudgment and the trail to disaster: May 17 to June 24, 1876 -- "If he had gotten a few feet further ... " : the retreat to Reno Hill -- Epilogue -- Appendixes -- A. Account book pages of DeWolf's diary -- B. DeWolf's early diary entries, October 1875 -- Edward S. Luce's introduction to DeWolf's diary and letters, 1958.