author
James Harvey Kidd
1840–1913
A Civil War cavalry officer turned memoirist, he left behind a vivid firsthand account of service with Custer’s Michigan Cavalry Brigade. His writing is valued for its direct, personal view of campaigning, leadership, and battlefield life.
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About the author
Born in 1840 and dying in 1913, James Harvey Kidd is best known as the author of Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman with Custer’s Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War, published in Ionia, Michigan, in 1908.
Kidd served in the Union cavalry during the American Civil War and was closely associated with Custer’s Michigan Brigade. His memoir stands out because it is written by someone who took part in the events he describes, giving readers a clear, on-the-ground sense of army life, movement, and combat.
For audiobook listeners, his appeal lies in that combination of soldier and storyteller: the book is not a distant history, but a personal remembrance shaped by experience, memory, and a strong eye for detail.