Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
House documents
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
After Custer
Author: Paul L. Hedren
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806185724
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Between 1876 and 1877, the U.S. Army battled Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians in a series of vicious conflicts known today as the Great Sioux War. After the defeat of Custer at the Little Big Horn in June 1876, the army responded to its stunning loss by pouring fresh troops and resources into the war effort. In the end, the U.S. Army prevailed, but at a significant cost. In this unique contribution to American western history, Paul L. Hedren examines the war’s effects on the culture, environment, and geography of the northern Great Plains, their Native inhabitants, and the Anglo-American invaders. As Hedren explains, U.S. military control of the northern plains following the Great Sioux War permitted the Northern Pacific Railroad to extend westward from the Missouri River. The new transcontinental line brought hide hunters who targeted the great northern buffalo herds and ultimately destroyed them. A de-buffaloed prairie lured cattlemen, who in turn spawned their own culture. Through forced surrender of their lands and lifeways, Lakotas and Northern Cheyennes now experienced even more stress and calamity than they had endured during the war itself. The victors, meanwhile, faced a different set of challenges, among them providing security for the railroad crews, hide hunters, and cattlemen. Hedren is the first scholar to examine the events of 1876–77 and their aftermath as a whole, taking into account relationships among military leaders, the building of forts, and the army’s efforts to memorialize the war and its victims. Woven into his narrative are the voices of those who witnessed such events as the burial of Custer, the laying of railroad track, or the sudden surround of a buffalo herd. Their personal testimonies lend both vibrancy and pathos to this story of irreversible change in Sioux Country.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806185724
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Between 1876 and 1877, the U.S. Army battled Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians in a series of vicious conflicts known today as the Great Sioux War. After the defeat of Custer at the Little Big Horn in June 1876, the army responded to its stunning loss by pouring fresh troops and resources into the war effort. In the end, the U.S. Army prevailed, but at a significant cost. In this unique contribution to American western history, Paul L. Hedren examines the war’s effects on the culture, environment, and geography of the northern Great Plains, their Native inhabitants, and the Anglo-American invaders. As Hedren explains, U.S. military control of the northern plains following the Great Sioux War permitted the Northern Pacific Railroad to extend westward from the Missouri River. The new transcontinental line brought hide hunters who targeted the great northern buffalo herds and ultimately destroyed them. A de-buffaloed prairie lured cattlemen, who in turn spawned their own culture. Through forced surrender of their lands and lifeways, Lakotas and Northern Cheyennes now experienced even more stress and calamity than they had endured during the war itself. The victors, meanwhile, faced a different set of challenges, among them providing security for the railroad crews, hide hunters, and cattlemen. Hedren is the first scholar to examine the events of 1876–77 and their aftermath as a whole, taking into account relationships among military leaders, the building of forts, and the army’s efforts to memorialize the war and its victims. Woven into his narrative are the voices of those who witnessed such events as the burial of Custer, the laying of railroad track, or the sudden surround of a buffalo herd. Their personal testimonies lend both vibrancy and pathos to this story of irreversible change in Sioux Country.
Historic Resource Study
Author: Jerome A. Greene
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fort Davis National Historic Site (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fort Davis National Historic Site (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
The Railroad and the State
Author: Robert G. Angevine
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804742399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
This book examines the complex and changing relationship between the U.S. Army and American railroads during the nineteenth century.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804742399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
This book examines the complex and changing relationship between the U.S. Army and American railroads during the nineteenth century.
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States, September 5, 1774-March 4, 1881
Author: Benjamin Perley Poore
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
Book Description
Special catalogue. Government publications
Author: James Anglim (and co.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
History of the Smithsonian Exchanges
Author: George H. Boehmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Annual Reports of the War Department
Author: United States. War Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1568
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1568
Book Description
Fort Randall on the Missouri, 1856-1892
Author: Jerome A. Greene
Publisher: SDSHS Press
ISBN: 0977795500
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Strategically located along the Missouri River near the present South Dakota-Nebraska border, Fort Randall served as an important outpost on the western frontier. It played a key role in maintaining peace between American Indians and new settlers in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and its most famous residents included African American "Buffalo Soldiers" and the imprisoned Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull. In Fort Randall on the Missouri, 1856-1892, Jerome A. Greene immerses the reader in the day-to-day life of a frontier garrison, using original maps, soldiers' drawings, and excerpts from their letters. Stories of soldiers' families, food, education, entertainment, and worship depict a self-sufficient community, weathering local conflicts as well as the Civil War. The appendixes name the commanding officers and regiments stationed there as well as the imprisoned members of Sitting Bull's b∧ twenty-four Bailey, Dix and Mead photographs of Sitting Bull's people taken in 1882 are also featured. Greene concludes by chronicling the demise of the post as thriving communities grew up around it.
Publisher: SDSHS Press
ISBN: 0977795500
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Strategically located along the Missouri River near the present South Dakota-Nebraska border, Fort Randall served as an important outpost on the western frontier. It played a key role in maintaining peace between American Indians and new settlers in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and its most famous residents included African American "Buffalo Soldiers" and the imprisoned Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull. In Fort Randall on the Missouri, 1856-1892, Jerome A. Greene immerses the reader in the day-to-day life of a frontier garrison, using original maps, soldiers' drawings, and excerpts from their letters. Stories of soldiers' families, food, education, entertainment, and worship depict a self-sufficient community, weathering local conflicts as well as the Civil War. The appendixes name the commanding officers and regiments stationed there as well as the imprisoned members of Sitting Bull's b∧ twenty-four Bailey, Dix and Mead photographs of Sitting Bull's people taken in 1882 are also featured. Greene concludes by chronicling the demise of the post as thriving communities grew up around it.