商品簡介
Wagner, who served in the US army and New York Army National Guard, offers short biographies of participants in the Battle of Little Big Horn during the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877, including those in the Seventh Cavalry, civilians, quartermaster employees, mule packers, guides, interpreters, reporters, messengers, scouts, and Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. Biographies are presented alphabetically and by category. He includes a brief description of the battle; information on the origin and organization of the Seventh Cavalry; and information on the tribes, their customs, and methods of fighting. Appendices list unit rosters and strength summaries, uniforms and equipment of the cavalry, scouts, Indians in the encampments, the location of camps on the way to Big Horn, regimental duty stations, and other information. This edition has updated biographies for European soldiers and 5,060 additional names of Native Americans in the battle. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
作者簡介
Frederic C. Wagner III served as an officer both in the U.S. Army and the New York Army National Guard. He is a decorated Vietnam veteran and worked for 22 years on Wall Street, mostly as a commodities broker.
