GLORIOUS: CHAPTER 1

At Fort Duchesne in Utah in 1887, Captain Frederick Benteen, an old man now, is finishing out his soldiering career fighting Mormons who are disobeying Federal Law. The Indian Wars are over, ended with the surrender of Geronimo in 1886. Benteen, now a drunk, picks fights with men he imagines are Mormons, and disrespects important women at Fort Duchesne. At his courtmartial, he tells the judges about his distinguished career in the Civil War. The prosecutor brings up the old charge that Benteen caused Custer's death at the Little Big Horn. Benteen retorts that it's Custer who has caused the death of Benteen. For more information on the facts on which this book is based, visit www.gloriousboy.blogspot.com.