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Bluecoat and pioneer : the recollections of John Benton Hart, 1864-1868 / edited by John Hart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hart, John Benton, 1842-1928, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hart, John Benton, 1842-1928.
- Hart, John Benton.
- United States. Army. Kansas Cavalry Regiment, 11th (1862-1865)--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Army. Kansas Cavalry Regiment, 11th (1862-1865).
- Platte Bridge, Battle of, Wyo., 1865.
- Red Cloud's War, 1866-1867.
- Soldiers--United States--Diaries.
- Soldiers.
- History.
- Missouri.
- Bozeman Trail--History--Sources.
- Bozeman Trail.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Montana.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Montana.
- Fort C.F. Smith (Mont.)--History--Sources.
- Fort C.F. Smith (Mont.).
- Missouri--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Montana--Fort C.F. Smith.
- United States--Bozeman Trail.
- Wyoming.
- Genre:
- Diaries.
- Personal narratives.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Sources.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "An annotated collection of the memoirs of frontiersman John Benton Hart, a young Kansas cavalryman who served in the Missouri border conflicts during the late Civil War and who witnessed pivotal events in the post-Civil War opening of the West and the displacement of native peoples in the future states of Wyoming and Montana."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Under moonlight in Missouri
- At Platte Bridge with Caspar Collins
- The Wells Fargo mule train
- Fort C.F. Smith
- The Hayfield Fight
- Into the mountains
- The mysterious mail carrier
- The Mountain Crow war dance
- Two dangerous pranks
- Captured by the Cheyenne
- Lieutenant Colonel Bradley asks a favor
- Running fight carrying the mail
- The Crow annuities
- Last days at Fort C.F. Smith
- Epilogue. The box from Colorado / by Lawrence Hart.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806161754
- 0806161752
- OCLC:
- 1031408699
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