Chapter 2

Benteen blames Custer's wife Libbie for spreading the story that Benteen had set Custer up to die. Thus begins the tale: After the end of the Civil War, General Custer is assigned to Fort Riley in Kansas. Libbie insists that her friend Anna come along to keep her company. On the way, in St. Louis, Custer, Libbie and Anna see a performance by Lawrence Barrett which reduces Custer to tears (something that happens to him often.) That night,after sex with Libbie (they have an extravagant physical relationship), Custer is not satisfied, and appears at Anna's door.