Tag: fort-mitchell
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The Fort: Part 6 (Conclusion)
Corporal Scott led the troop up the slope of the bluff, firing at warriors who darted from ridge to ridge below. The Indians seemed to appear and disappear like ghosts, using every fold in the terrain for cover. Uriah worked the lever of his Spencer carbine and fired whenever he caught sight of a rider,…
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The Fort: Part 5
Again, this post is based on the paper by John D McDermott, “‘We had a terribly hard time letting them go”: The Battles of Mud Springs and Rush Creek, February 1865” Nebraska History 77 (1996): 78-88, 5/24/2011 Nebraska State Historical Society Uriah heard the bugler sound the call for final assembly while sitting in the…
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The Fort: Part 4
This week’s post is inspired by the historical Battle of Mud Springs. Soldiers from Fort Mitchell were sent to defend the telegraph station at Mud Springs in the Nebraska Territory when it came under attack by a coalition of Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors. Reinforcements from both Fort Mitchell and Fort Laramie were quickly…
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The Fort: Part 3
You might recall a while back I had a short entry in my blog regarding an exit sign along Interstate 80 in Iowa that read, Home of Harold “Pie” Keller near the exit sign to Brooklyn, Iowa. Well as we continue to travel across Interstate 80 to visit friends and family, another exit sign at…
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The Fort: Part 2
Please note, two major historical resources for this story are: “Life of a Soldier on the Western Frontier”, 2008, Jermey Agnew, Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, Montana. “40 Miles a Day on Beans and Hay, The Enlisted Soldier Fighting the Indian Wars”, 1963, Don Rickey, Junior; University of Oklahoma Press, Norman OK. The men formed…
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The Fort: Part 1
I decided to try something different with this series of posts. Instead of writing about my own adventures growing up in a small town, I’ve begun creating a short historical fiction story. I’ve always loved history—especially the history of the American western frontier from the 1820s through the 1880s. This story follows a young man…
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