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Cover 1 Frontmatter 2 Contents 6 List of Illustrations 7 Preface 10 Introduction 18 1. Prelude to Disaster 26 2. To the Frontier 50 3. Ladies of the Regiment 66 4. Officers and Gentlemen 83 5. Hard Lessons Learned 100 6. The Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands 119 7. Blazing a Paper Trail 153 8. Women￢ﾀﾙs Work 184 9. The Rest of the Story 213 Notes 226 Bibliography 244 Index 254 Publisher:University of Nebraska Press,Published:2008,ISBN:9780803217812,Language:English,OCLC:229056494 “With eighty men I could ride through the entire Sioux nation.” The story of what has become popularly known as the Fetterman Fight, near Fort Phil Kearney in present-day Wyoming in 1866, is based entirely on this infamous declaration attributed to Capt. William J. Fetterman. Historical accounts cite this statement in support of the premise that bravado, vainglory, and contempt for the fort’s commander, Col. Henry B. Carrington, compelled Fetterman to disobey direct orders from Carrington and lead his men into a perfectly executed ambush by an alliance of Plains Indians.€In the aftermath of the incident, Carrington’s superiors—including generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman—positioned Carringto
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- Author
- Ebrary, Inc.;Smith, Shannon D
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781281241368
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-24