Elizabeth Bacon Custer: Difference between revisions

Elizabeth Custer and her husband George had a loving but tumultuous relationship. Both were stubborn, opinionated, and ambitious. Their private correspondence was filled with sexually charged [[double entendre]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://frontierpartisans.com/5212/those-lusty-custers/ |title=Those Lusty Custers — Victorian 'Sexters' |last=Cornelius |first=Jim |date=November 29, 2015 |website=Frontier Partisans |access-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref> Despite hardships, they were utterly devoted to each other. She followed him to every assignment, even during the latter days of the Civil War. The depth of their relationship has been the subject of considerable interest in books and film.

CusterElizabeth was one of the few wives to follow their husbands wherever the army took them. She refused to be left behind, and joined George at the expense of the comfortable lifestyle to which she'd become accustomed as the child of a judge.