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Buffalo Soldier Tragedy Of 1877 by Paul H. Carlson (2003, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTexas A&M University Press
ISBN-101585442534
ISBN-139781585442539
eBay Product ID (ePID)2389246
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameBuffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
SubjectUnited States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), United States / General, Military
TypeTextbook
AuthorPaul H. Carlson
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight17.1 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2002-015456
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews�In high summer of 1877, a routine army patrol on the drought-stricken Llano Estacado of Texas turned into disaster for Capt. Nicholas Nolan and his 40-man command of Black Buffalo Soldiers. The tragic episode, that made headlines across the nation, is vividly described by Carlson, who writes authoritatively and with clarity. A highly engaging mini-epic that is also a significant contribution to Southern Plains history.�--Marc Simmons, Historian and Author of Massacre on the Lordsburg Road, "In high summer of 1877, a routine army patrol on the drought-stricken Llano Estacado of Texas turned into disaster for Capt. Nicholas Nolan and his 40-man command of Black Buffalo Soldiers. The tragic episode, that made headlines across the nation, is vividly described by Carlson, who writes authoritatively and with clarity. A highly engaging mini-epic that is also a significant contribution to Southern Plains history."--Marc Simmons, Historian and Author of Massacre on the Lordsburg Road, "In high summer of 1877, a routine army patrol on the drought-stricken Llano Estacado of Texas turned into disaster for Capt. Nicholas Nolan and his 40-mancommand of Black Buffalo Soldiers. The tragic episode, that made headlines across the nation, is vividly described by Carlson, who writes authoritatively and with clarity. A highly engaging mini-epic that is also a significant contribution to Southern Plains history."--Marc Simmons, Historian and Author of Massacre on the Lordsburg Road
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SynopsisThe year 1877 was a drought year in West Texas. In the middle of that arid summer, a troop of some forty buffalo soldiers (African American cavalry led by white officers) struck out into the Llano Estacado from Double Lakes, south of modern Lubbock, pursuing a band of Kwahada Comanches who had been raiding homesteads and hunting parties. A group of twenty-two buffalo hunters accompanied the soldiers as guides and allies. Several days later three black soldiers rode into Fort Concho at modern San Angelo and reported that the men and officers of Troop A were missing and presumed dead from thirst. The ""Staked Plains Horror,"" as the Galveston Daily News called it, quickly captured national attention. Although most of the soldiers eventually straggled back into camp, four had died, and others eventually faced court-martial for desertion. The buffalo hunters had ridden off on their own to find water, and the surviving soldiers had lived by drinking the blood of their dead horses and their own urine. A routine army scout had turned into disaster of the worst kind. Although the failed expedition was widely reported at the time, the sparse treatments since then have relied exclusively on the white officers' accounts. Paul H. Carlson has mined the courts-martial records for testimony of the enlisted men, memories of a white boy who rode with the Indians, and other sources to provide a nuanced view of the interaction of soldiers, hunters, settlers, and Indians on the Staked Plains before the final settling of the Comanches on their reservation in Indian Territory., This is an account of the failed expedition of the buffalo soldiers in 1877. Paul H. Carlson has mined courts-martial records, memories of a white boy who rode with the Indians and other sources to provide a nuanced view of soldiers, hunters, settlers and Indians on the Staked Plains., In the middle of the arid summer of 1877, a drought year in West Texas, a troop of some forty buffalo soldiers (African American cavalry led by white officers) struck out into the Llano Estacado from Double Lakes , south of modern Lubbock , pursuing a band of Kwahada Comanches who had been raiding homesteads and hunting parties. A group of twenty-two buffalo hunters accompanied the soldiers as guides and allies. Several days later three black soldiers rode into Fort Concho at modern San Angelo and reported that the men and officers of Troop A were missing and presumed dead from thirst. The "Staked Plains Horror," as the Galveston Daily News called it, quickly captured national attention. Although most of the soldiers eventually straggled back into camp, four had died, and others eventually faced court-martial for desertion. The buffalo hunters had ridden off on their own to find water, and the surviving soldiers had lived by drinking the blood of their dead horses and their own urine. A routine army scout had turned into disaster of the worst kind. Although the failed expedition was widely reported at the time, its sparse treatments since then have relied exclusively on the white officers' accounts. Paul Carlson has mined the courts-martial records for testimony of the enlisted men, memories of a white boy who rode with the Indians, and other buried sources to provide the first multifaceted narrative ever published. His gripping account provides not only a fuller version of what happened over those grim eighty-six hours but also a nuanced view of the interaction of soldiers, hunters, settlers, and Indians on the Staked Plains at this poignant moment before the final settling of the Comanches on their reservation in Indian Territory.
LC Classification NumberE99.C85C36 2003
