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A surgeon with Custer at the Little Big Horn : James DeWolf's diary and letters, 1876 / edited by Todd E. Harburn ; foreword by Paul Andrew Hutton.
Van Pelt Library E83.876 .D355 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DeWolf, James M., 1843-1876, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- DeWolf, James M., 1843-1876--Diaries.
- DeWolf, James M.
- DeWolf, James M., 1843-1876--Correspondence.
- DeWolf, James M., 1843-1876.
- United States. Army--Surgeons--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
- United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century.
- United States. Army.
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Personal narratives.
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
- Physicians--United States--Diaries.
- Physicians.
- Physicians--United States--Correspondence.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Dakota Territory.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- History.
- Surgeons.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Diaries.
- Biographies.
- Personal correspondence.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 257 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- James DeWolf's diary and letters, 1876
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- "The biography and annotated journal of physician James Madison DeWolf, a contract surgeon for the Seventh Cavalry, who accompanied Lieutenant Colonel George Custer's battalion at the Battle of the Little Big Horn and died in the early stages of battle."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- James Madison DeWolf of Mehoopany, Pennsylvania
- Fort Seward, D.T.: March 10 to April 14, 1876
- Fort Abraham Lincoln, D.T.: April 16 to May 14, 1876
- Misjudgment and the trail to disaster: May 17 to June 24, 1876
- "If he had gotten a few feet further ... ": the retreat to Reno Hill
- Epilogue
- Appendixes
- A. Account book pages of DeWolf's diary
- B. DeWolf's early diary entries, October 1875
- Edward S. Luce's introduction to DeWolf's diary and letters, 1958.
- Notes:
- "James DeWolf's diary and letters were originally published in North Dakota History 25, nos. 1 and 2 (1958): 33-82"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806156941
- 0806156945
- OCLC:
- 958932427
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