Distant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico"Drawing on a host of previously overlooked diaries, letters, and contemporary newspaper accounts, military historian Flint Whitlock tells the stories of Union heroes such as Colorado governor William Gilpin and Colonels John Slough, John Chivington, Kit Carson, and Edward Canby, along with average soldiers - men on both sides who marched, fought, and overcame immense distances and privations. Distant Bugles, Distant Drums looks into the soldiers' lives, providing a detailed look at life on the Western frontier missing from other books on the Civil War."--Jacket. |
Contents
A Useful and Agreeable Addition | 1 |
The Walking Whiskey | 17 |
I Have the Honor to Enclose My Resignation | 33 |
Copyright | |
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Distant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate ... Flint Whitlock Limited preview - 2020 |
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