War Party in Blue - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook War Party in Blue write by Mark van de Logt. This book was released on 2012-11-08. War Party in Blue available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Between 1864 and 1877, during the height of the Plains Indian wars, Pawnee Indian scouts rendered invaluable service to the United States Army. They led missions deep into contested territory, tracked resisting bands, spearheaded attacks against enemy camps, and on more than one occasion saved American troops from disaster on the field of battle. In War Party in Blue, Mark van de Logt tells the story of the Pawnee scouts from their perspective, detailing the battles in which they served and recounting hitherto neglected episodes. Employing military records, archival sources, and contemporary interviews with current Pawnee tribal members—some of them descendants of the scouts—Van de Logt presents the Pawnee scouts as central players in some of the army's most notable campaigns. He argues that military service allowed the Pawnees to fight their tribal enemies with weapons furnished by the United States as well as to resist pressures from the federal government to assimilate them into white society. According to the author, it was the tribe's martial traditions, deeply embedded in their culture, that made them successful and allowed them to retain these time-honored traditions. The Pawnee style of warfare, based on stealth and surprise, was so effective that the scouts' commanding officers did little to discourage their methods. Although the scouts proudly wore the blue uniform of the U.S. Cavalry, they never ceased to be Pawnees. The Pawnee Battalion was truly a war party in blue.
Girl in Blue
Girl in Blue - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Girl in Blue write by Ann Rinaldi. This book was released on 2001. Girl in Blue available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As a teen, Sarah Wheelock has vowed never to let a man control her. With this conviction, she leaves her life on a Michigan farm, disguises herself as a boy, and fights in the Civil War.
Congress at War
Congress at War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Congress at War write by Fergus M. Bordewich. This book was released on 2020. Congress at War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The story of how Congress helped win the Civil War-placing a dynamic House and Senate, rather than Lincoln, at the center of the conflict.
War Party
War Party - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook War Party write by Louis L'Amour. This book was released on 2005-08-30. War Party available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Bud Miles was a boy when he crossed the Mississippi. But Bud buried his father after an Indian attack, and as the wagon train pushed on through Sioux country, the boy stood as tall as any man. . . . Tell Sackett killed cougars at fourteen and fought a war at fifteen. Now Tell was hauling dangerous freight—a soldier's wife and a fortune in gold—knowing that someone wanted him dead. . . . Laurie Bonnet was a mail-order bride who thought she was a failure on the frontier. But when the chips were down, she was the only one who could save her husband's life. . . . In these marvelous stories of the West, Louis L'Amour tells of travelers, gunfighters, homesteaders, and adventurers: men and women making hard and sudden choices and fighting battles that could cut a person's life short—or open up a bold new future on the American frontier.
The Night the War Was Lost
The Night the War Was Lost - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Night the War Was Lost write by Charles L. Dufour. This book was released on 1994-01-01. The Night the War Was Lost available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Long before the Confederacy was crushed militarily, it was defeated economically," writes Charles L. Dufour. He contends that with the fall of the critical city of New Orleans in spring 1862 the South lost the Civil War, although fighting would continueøfor three more years. On the Mississippi River, below New Orleans, in the predawn of April 24, 1862, David Farragut with fourteen gunboats ran past two forts to capture the South's principal seaport. Vividly descriptive, The Night the War Was Lost is also very human in its portrayal of terrified citizens and leaders occasionally rising to heroism. In a swift-moving narrative, Dufour explains the reasons for the seizure of New Orleans and describes its results.
