by 1864-1898 Indian War Veterans: Memories of Army Life;Campaigns in the West
25 Albert Fensch, “By-Gone Days,” in Rimes and Chimes of the Mountains and Plains,pp. 11-12.
Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Books by Jerome A. Greene
Contents
Dedication 1
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction The Indian War Veterans, 1880s-1960s
Part I: Army Life in the West
A Press Interview with Five Veterans
A Typical Entry in Winners of the West
Finding the Right Drum Major, 1872, by John Cox
Ten Years a Buffalo Soldier, by Perry A. Hayman
Cavalry Duty in the Southwest in the 1870s, by George S. Raper
Wyoming Service in the 1870s, by George F. Tinkham
Relocating with the Sixth U. S. Infantry, by William Fetter
Battling in the Little Bighorn, by Alonzo Stringham
Fourteen Years in the Army, 1881-1895, by Ernst A. Selander
Fifth Cavalry Service, by Charles M. Hildreth
An Incident at Fort Abraham Lincoln in 1884, by Archibald Dickson
Reminiscences of an Eighth U. S. Cavalryman, 1883-1888, by Frederick C. Kurz
Twelve Years in the Eighteenth Infantry, by Phillip Schreiber
Cemeteries at Fort Laramie, by Michael M. O’Sullivan
Life as a Rookie, by John T. Stokes
A Boyhood at Tongue River Cantonment and Fort Keogh, 1877-1882, by Dominick J. O’Malley
The Border-to-Border March of the Eighth Cavalry, 1888, by William G. Wilkinson
Sidelights of the Eighth Cavalry’s Historic March, by Soren P. Jepson
Memories of Old Fort Cummings, New Mexico Territory, by Wolsey A. Sloan
The Fort Custer Dance, by Maurice J. O’Leary
Christmas at Fort Robinson, 1882, by Martin J. Weber
Incidents of Army Life at Fort Wingate, 1892-1893, by Frederick H. Krause
Part II: Battles and Campaigns
The Fetterman Tragedy, 1866, by Timothy O’Brien
Note on the Fetterman Fight, by Alexander Brown
The Relief of Fort Phil Kearny and Fort C. F. Smith, 1866, by Bartholomew Fitzpatrick
Guarding the Union Pacific, by Lauren W. Aldrich
A Reality of Warfare, by Samuel H. Bently
A Skirmish at Heart River, Dakota, 1872, by John W. Jenkins
The Yellowstone Expedition of 1873, by William Foster Norris
Notes on the Yellowstone Expedition, by John Walsh
A Buffalo Stampede during the Northern Pacific Survey Expedition, 1873, by William D. Nugent
Bates’s Fight in the Owl Range, 1874, by James H. Rhymer
Service at Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska, 1874-1875, by Lines P. Wasson
With the Third Cavalry in 1876, by Oliver C. C. Pollock
Fighting at Powder River and Rosebud Creek, 1876, by Phineas S. Towne
Attacking the Cheyennes at Powder River in 1876, by John Lang
A Sioux War Diary (Kept by George S. Howard, of Troop E, Second U. S. Cavalry. From Winners of the West, February, 1937)
Combatting Cheyennes at Powder River and the Red Fork, 1876, by James N. Connely
Campaigning with the Seventh Infantry in 1876, by George C. Berry
Memories of the Little Bighorn, 1876, by Jacob Hetler
Some Thoughts about the Battle of the Little Big Horn, by Theodore W. Goldin
With the Water Carriers at the Little Bighorn, by William D. Nugent
Fought with Reno on the Bluffs, by Henry M. Brinkerhoff
Mutilation of Custer’s Dead, by William D. Nugent
News of the Custer Battle Reaches Fort Randall, Dakota, by John E. Cox
The Skirmish at Warbonnet Creek, 1876, by Chris Madsen
Witness to Cody at Warbonnet Creek, Diary entries by James B. Frew
Surrounding Red Cloud and Red Leaf, by Luther North
Battle of the Red Fork, 1876, by James S. McClellan
Dismounting and Disarming the Agency Sioux along the Missouri River, by Theodore W. Goldin
Scouting with Lieutenant Baldwin in Montana, 1876, by Joseph Culbertson
Fighting Crazy Horse in the Wolf Mountains, 1877, by Luther Barker
The Surrender of Chief Dull Knife (Morning Star), 1878, by Louis DeWitt
An Incident of the Fort Robinson Outbreak, 1879, by James E. Snepp
An Encounter with the Cree Indians near the Canadian Line, 1881, by Lawrence Lea
On Patrol in Montana and Sitting Bull’s Surrender in 1881, by John C. Delemont
The Killing of Sitting Bull, 1890, Account of James Connelly
Arrest and Death of Sitting Bull, by Matthew F. Steele
Two Letters Regarding Fort Yates and Sitting Bull’s Death, 1890, by George B. DuBois
Scouting for Sioux in 1890, by John Rovinsky
Time at Wounded Knee, by William J. Slaughter
An Army Medic at Wounded Knee, by Andrew M. Flynn
A Memory of the Pine Ridge Campaign, by Henry B. Becker
A Trooper’s Vignette, by Frank Sturr
On the Pine Ridge Campaign, by Grant C. Topping
Infantry Operations at Pine Ridge, by Richard T. Burns
Recollections of the Pine Ridge Campaign and Wounded Knee, by August Hettinger
Incidents of Wounded Knee, by Joseph Monnett
Maneuvers in Montana during the Ghost Dance Crisis, by James E. Wilson
The Leech Lake Uprising of 1898, by Harry V. Wurdemann
Supplies for Colorado in 1864, by Elias J. Quick
Campaigning in Colorado and New Mexico, 1860s, by Luke Cahill
Service with the Eighteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry in 1867, by Henderson Lafayette Burgess
On the Kansas Plains during Hancock’s Campaign, 1867, by James P. Russell
A Skirmish with Kiowas in Colorado Territory, 1868, by Edward Mayers
Combat near Fort Hays, Kansas, 1867, by George W. Ford
A Memory of Beecher Island, 1868, by Reuben Waller
Sully’s Campaign in the Autumn of 1868, by A. Clinton Rallya
The Fight at Beaver Creek, 1868, by Edward M. Hayes
A Buffalo Soldier Recalls Beaver Creek, by Reuben Waller
Kansas Troops and the 1868 Campaign, by W. R. Smith
Trials of the Southern Plains Campaign, 1868-1869, by Henry Pearson
With Custer at the Washita, 1868, by Henry Langley
The Battle at Palo Duro Canyon, 1874, by John B. Charlton
The Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork, 1878, by Albert Fensch
The Fight at White Bird Canyon, 1877, by Frank Fenn
Reminiscences of White Bird Canyon, by John P. Schorr
The Nez Perce War and the Battle of the Big Hole, 1877, by Charles N. Loynes
The Bear’s Paw Campaign and the Surrender of Chief Joseph, by Luther Barker
Bannock War Service, 1878, by Ernest F. Albrecht
Fighting the Bannocks in 1878, by George Buzan
Action in the Ute War of 1879, by Eugene Patterson
Merritt’s Relief Column to Milk River, by Jacob Blaut
Reminiscences of the Ute Uprising, by Jacob Blaut
The Fifth Cavalry Comes Through, by Arthur S. Wallace
A Sidelight of the Ute Campaign, by Earl Hall
Occupation Duty in Utah, 1879-1880, by George K. Lisk
A Close Call in Oregon, 1868, by John M. Smith
Scouting during the Modoc War, 1873, by Oliver C. Applegate
Murder of the Peace Commissioners, by Oliver C. Applegate
Incident in the Charge on the Modocs, January 17, 1873, by Jasper N. Terwilliger
Pursuing Indians during Utah’s Black Hawk War, 1865, by Joseph S. McFate
An Apache Fight near Camp Bowie, Arizona Territory, 1871, by John F. Farley
Combat at Salt River Canyon, 1872, by an “Old Non-Com”
Memories of Lieutenan
ts Hudson and Tyler, by Peter Lacher
A Personal Bout with Apaches, by George O. Eaton
The Fight at Cibicu, 1881, by Anton Mazzanovich
Notes on the Cibicu Creek Fight and the Fight at Fort Apache, by William Baird
Campaigning in Arizona in the 1880s, by John E. Murphy
The Fight at Black Mesa, 1882, by Earl S. Hall
Certificate of Merit for Combat in New Mexico, 1885, by Sylvester Grover
The Campaign against Geronimo, by Henry W. Daly, formerly Chief Packer, U. S. Army. From Winners of the West, December 30, 1933)
The Fight in Guadaloupe Canyon, 1885, by Emil Pauly
After the Apaches, 1885-1886, by Clarence B. Chrisman
Service in Arizona, 1885, by John P. Gardner
Trailing Geronimo by Heliograph, 1886, by William W. Neifert
Remembrance of the Apache Campaign, by Samuel D. Gilpin
To and from Mexico, 1886, by Albert Willis
Present at the Surrender, 1886, by Arnold Schoeni
Chasing the Apache Kid, 1892-1894, by Richard F. Watson
Suggested Reading
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