Give me eighty men : women and the myth of the Fetterman Fight

Give me eighty men : women and the myth of the Fetterman Fight /

In Give Me Eighty Men, Shannon D. Smith reexamines the works of the two Mrs. Carringtons in the context of contemporary evidence. No longer seen as an arrogant firebrand, Fetterman emerges as an outstanding officer who respected the Plains Indians' superiority in numbers, weaponry, and battle s...

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Main Author: Smith, Shannon D., 1958-
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2008
Series:Women in the West.
Subjects:
Carrington, Frances C. > (Frances Courtney), > 1845-1911.
United States. > Army. > Infantry Regiment, 18th.
Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866.
Army spouses > Wyoming > Correspondence.
Fort Phil Kearny (Wyo.) > History, Military.
Fort Phil Kearny (Wyo.) > History > Sources.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude to disaster
  • To the frontier
  • Ladies of the regiment
  • Officers and gentlemen
  • Hard lessons learned
  • The Battle of the Hundred-In-The-Hands
  • Blazing a paper trail
  • Women's work
  • The rest of the story.

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