Eyewitness To The Fetterman Fight
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Eyewitness To The Fetterman Fight
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Author : John H. Monnett
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2017-03-16
Eyewitness To The Fetterman Fight written by John H. Monnett and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-16 with History categories.
The Fetterman Fight ranks among the most crushing defeats suffered by the U.S. Army in the nineteenth-century West. On December 21, 1866—during Red Cloud’s War (1866–1868)—a well-organized force of 1,500 to 2,000 Oglala Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors annihilated a detachment of seventy-nine infantry and cavalry soldiers—among them Captain William Judd Fetterman—and two civilian contractors. With no survivors on the U.S. side, the only eyewitness accounts of the battle came from Lakota and Cheyenne participants. In Eyewitness to the Fetterman Fight, award-winning historian John H. Monnett presents these Native views, drawn from previously published sources as well as newly discovered interviews with Oglala and Cheyenne warriors and leaders. Supplemented with archaeological evidence, these narratives flesh out historical understanding of Red Cloud’s War. Climate change in the mid-nineteenth century made the resource-rich Powder River Country in today’s Wyoming increasingly important to Plains Indians. At the same time, the discovery of gold in Montana encouraged prospectors to pass through the Powder River region on their way north, and so the U.S. Army began to construct new forts along the Bozeman Trail. In the resulting conflict, the Lakotas and Cheyennes defended their hunting ranges and trade routes. Traditional histories have laid the blame for Fetterman’s 1866 defeat and death on his incompetent leadership—and thus implied that the Indian alliance succeeded only because of Fetterman’s personal failings. Monnett’s sources paint another picture. Narratives like those of Miniconjou Lakota warrior White Bull suggest that Fetterman’s actions were not seen as rash or reprehensible until after the fact. Nor did his men flee the field in panic. Rather, they fought bravely to the end. The Indians, for their part, used their knowledge of the terrain to carefully plan and execute an ambush, ensuring them victory. Critical to understanding the nuances of Plains Indian strategy and tactics, the firsthand narratives in Eyewitness to the Fetterman Fight reveal the true nature of this Native victory against regular army forces.
Where A Hundred Soldiers Were Killed
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Author : John H. Monnett
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2008
Where A Hundred Soldiers Were Killed written by John H. Monnett and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
Monnett takes a closer look at the struggle between the mining interests of the United States and the Lakota and Cheyenne nations in 1866 that climaxed with the Fetterman Massacre.
Red Cloud S War An Insurgency Case Study For Modern Times
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Author : Lt.-Col. Michael G. Miller
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2015-11-06
Red Cloud S War An Insurgency Case Study For Modern Times written by Lt.-Col. Michael G. Miller and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This will be a case study of the little known Fetterman Massacre of 1866. It will look the situation at the time, possible causes, key players, the massacre itself and the aftermath. Similarities to the counterinsurgency in Afghanistan will be noted where applicable throughout this paper. A case will be proposed that the Army was ill prepared for the Indian Wars of the latter 19th Century, just as they were initially ill prepared for an extended Afghanistan Insurgency Campaign. Connections are drawn showing that there were lessons learned in 1866 that are still appropriate today. Familiarity with them, along with other more recent examples, will better prepare the Army to fight counterinsurgencies in the future.
The Fetterman Massacre
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Author : Dee Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Fetterman Massacre written by Dee Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with categories.
The Wagon Box Fight
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Author : Jerry Keenan
language : en
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Release Date : 2007-10-09
The Wagon Box Fight written by Jerry Keenan and has been published by Hachette+ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-09 with History categories.
One of the most dramatic battles of the Indian Wars is described in a revised edition with new material including official army reports and recent archaeological evidence.
Indian Fights And Fighters
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Author : C.T. Brady
language : en
Publisher: Рипол Классик
Release Date : 1923
Indian Fights And Fighters written by C.T. Brady and has been published by Рипол Классик this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1923 with History categories.
Sand Creek And The Tragic End Of A Lifeway
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Author : Louis Kraft
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2020-03-12
Sand Creek And The Tragic End Of A Lifeway written by Louis Kraft and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-12 with History categories.
Western Heritage Award, Best Western Nonfiction Book, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Nothing can change the terrible facts of the Sand Creek Massacre. The human toll of this horrific event and the ensuing loss of a way of life have never been fully recounted until now. In Sand Creek and the Tragic End of a Lifeway, Louis Kraft tells this story, drawing on the words and actions of those who participated in the events at this critical time. The history that culminated in the end of a lifeway begins with the arrival of Algonquin-speaking peoples in North America, proceeds through the emergence of the Cheyennes and Arapahos on the Central Plains, and ends with the incursion of white people seeking land and gold. Beginning in the earliest days of the Southern Cheyennes, Kraft brings the voices of the past to bear on the events leading to the brutal murder of people and its disastrous aftermath. Through their testimony and their deeds as reported by contemporaries, major and supporting players give us a broad and nuanced view of the discovery of gold on Cheyenne and Arapaho land in the 1850s, followed by the land theft condoned by the U.S. government. The peace treaties and perfidy, the unfolding massacre and the investigations that followed, the devastating end of the Indians’ already-circumscribed freedom—all are revealed through the eyes of government officials, newspapers, and the military; Cheyennes and Arapahos who sought peace with or who fought Anglo-Americans; whites and Indians who intermarried and their offspring; and whites who dared to question what they considered heinous actions. As instructive as it is harrowing, the history recounted here lives on in the telling, along with a way of life destroyed in all but cultural memory. To that memory this book gives eloquent, resonating voice.
Indian Fights And Fighters The Soldier And The Sioux
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Author : Cyrus Townsend Brady
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-06-23
Indian Fights And Fighters The Soldier And The Sioux written by Cyrus Townsend Brady and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-23 with categories.
Originally published in 1904, Indian Fights and Fighters regularly appear in bibliographies of significant works on the history of the American West. Embracing almost three decades of Plains history, it contains not only Brady's clear, fast-paced accounts of the Plains wars, but also a number of eyewitness accounts, most of which were written especially for him and which are almost impossible to find elsewhere. The Powder River Expedition, the tragedy at Fort Phil Kearny, the Wagon Box Fight, the defense of Beecher's Island, the Fetterman Massacre, the battles of Washita and Summit Springs, and the campaigns of Crook, Custer, and Miles against the Sioux all are fully treated. The introduction by James T. King sketches Brady's career and evaluates his sources.
Finn Burnett Frontiersman
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Author : Robert Beebe David
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2003
Finn Burnett Frontiersman written by Robert Beebe David and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Fincelius G. Burnett was born in Missouri in 1844, and had a long, thrilling career on the upper Plains and northern Rockies, initially battling Indians and later befriending them. His days as an army sutler at Forts Phil Kearny and C. F. Smith on the "Bloody Bozeman" Trail coincided with the infamous Fetterman Massacre. He later formed a lasting friendship with Washakie, the famous Shoshone chief, and Sacajawea, of Lewis and Clark fame.
Great Plains
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Author : Ian Frazier
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2001-05-04
Great Plains written by Ian Frazier and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-05-04 with Travel categories.
National Bestseller Most travelers only fly over the Great Plains--but Ian Frazier, ever the intrepid and wide-eyed wanderer, is not your average traveler. A hilarious and fascinating look at the great middle of our nation. With his unique blend of intrepidity, tongue-in-cheek humor, and wide-eyed wonder, Ian Frazier takes us on a journey of more than 25,000 miles up and down and across the vast and myth-inspiring Great Plains. A travelogue, a work of scholarship, and a western adventure, Great Plains takes us from the site of Sitting Bull's cabin, to an abandoned house once terrorized by Bonnie and Clyde, to the scene of the murders chronicled in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. It is an expedition that reveals the heart of the American West.