It was a gun of the old type, with a wooden ramrod, but it shot well. The Captain was a couple of years ... I was on the rolls as a "veteran volunteer," which under the law gave me a sort of preference. We had formed a fast and enduring ...
The US Cavalry and Indian tribes at war The author of this book was a young officer in the Union Army-a cavalryman of the 7th Iowa Cavalry-when in 1863, after the Battle of Gettysburg, he was ordered to the Western frontier to assist in ...
Despite its title, this book is not entirely about the skirmishes fought: it includes descriptions of the land, the fledgling frontier society of the 'Wild West' era, and members of the native tribes.
This is a history that looks at some of the fighting Northern forces did against Native Americans out in the West during the middle of the Civil War
"The dust, the heat, the frigid cold, can all be felt in his pages. . . . This is a vivid book." New York Herald Tribune "[He] was a superb reporter.
The US Cavalry and Indian tribes at war The author of this book was a young officer in the Union Army-a cavalryman of the 7th Iowa Cavalry-when in 1863, after the Battle of Gettysburg, he was ordered to the Western frontier to assist in ...