Frontier Forts Under Fire
Frontier Forts Under Fire

Author: Paul Williams

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2017-11-09

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1476670935

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Fort William Henry and Fort Phil Kearny were both military outposts of the North American frontier. Both lasted but briefly--about two years from construction until their walls went up in flames. And both saw what were termed "massacres" by Indians outside their walls. This book reexamines the traumatic events at both forts. The Fort William Henry Massacre was condemned by both the British and the French as barbaric. Yet these European powers proved capable of similar crimes. The Fort Phil Kearny defeat, traditionally attributed to Captain William Fetterman's having disobeyed orders, has been scrutinized in recent years. Did the women present at that time write a distorted version of events? It would appear that his second-in-command, the rash Lieutenant George Grummond, led the charge over Lodge Trail Ridge. Or did he?

A Frontier Fort
A Frontier Fort

Author: Scott Steedman

Publisher: Scribo

Published: 2015-03-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781909645103

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What was it like to live in a nineteenth-century fort, in the midst of the wild frontier? Take a peek inside its strong, high walls to see how it was built; what a pioneer cabin was like; what the people there did all day; and how the forts sometimes grew into bustling towns. Cutaway illustrations capture the fort in its spectacular entirety.

Forts of the American Revolution 1775-83
Forts of the American Revolution 1775-83

Author: René Chartrand

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-06-16

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1472814479

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Though primarily fought in the field, the American Revolution saw fortifications play an important part in some of the key campaigns of the war. Field fortifications were developed around major towns including Boston, New York and Savannah, while the frontier forts at Stanwix, Niagara and Cumberland were to all be touched by the war. This book details all the types of fortification used throughout the conflict, the engineers on all sides who constructed and maintained them, and the actions fought around and over them.

Forts of the West
Forts of the West

Author: Robert Walter Frazer

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780806112503

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The number and variety of forts and posts, together with changes of location, name, and designation, have posed perplexing problems for students of western history. Now Robert W. Frazer has prepared a systematic listing of all presidios and military forts, which were ever, at any time and in any sense, so designated. The lists of posts are arranged alphabetically within the boundaries of present states. Pertinent information is included for each fort: date of establishment, location, and reason for establishment; name, rank, and military unit of the person establishing the post; origin of the post name and changes in name and location; present status or date of abandonment; and disposition of any existing military reservation. A map for each state shows the location of the posts discussed. A prime reference for historians, Forts of the West will prove useful to readers of western history as well.

Forts of the Northern Plains
Forts of the Northern Plains

Author: Jeff Barnes

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780811734967

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An up-to-date guide to the critical forts of the Indian campaigns of the late 19th century. Recounts the integral role of 51 forts during the decades of warfare with the Plains Indian tribes and tells of the posts fates after the Indian wars, providing narrative vignettes of incidents or points of historical importance. It also provides directions and visitor information for the following states: Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming.

Army Wives on the American Frontier
Army Wives on the American Frontier

Author: Anne Bruner Eales

Publisher: Big Earth Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9781555661663

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"No one interested in the history of the American West or in women's history should miss this well-written, carefully researched, comprehensive treatment of a subject that previous scholars have largely ignored. Based on the writings of more than fifty women who accompanied their husbands to remote duty posts in the far west.