In this remarkable journal, an observant and opinionated cavalry private offers an inside look at a soldier's life during the Indian Wars of the 1870s. One of the few enlisted men to keep a diary, Private William F. Zimmer participated in the closing campaign of the Great Sioux War. Later, under the command of Colonel Nelson A. Miles, Zimmer fought at the climatic Battle of the Bear's Paw Mountains, the battle that led to Chief Joseph's famous surrender. Frontier Soldier expands our understanding of military dynamics during the Indian Wars and offers an honest view of army life from the perspective of the rank and file.
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In this remarkable journal, an observant and opinionated cavalry private offers an inside look at a soldier's life during the Indian Wars of the 1870s.
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Very humbling to read of my grandfather Zimmer's adventures.,
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I never knew my grandfather as he died the year before I was born. I used to play in the attic of my home. I played with grandfathers uniform and sword,his musket and many of his personal belongings. Seeing as how this is my grandfather it makes the book seem more real to me than if it were written about someone that I never heard of.
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- Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy by Kent Nerburn in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- We Trailed the Sioux by Paul Hedren in Back Matter
- Montana Battlefields 1806-1877: Native Americans and the U.S. Army at War by Barbara Fifer in Back Matter
- The Arapahoes, Our People (Civilization of the American Indian Series) by Virginia Cole Trenholm in Back Matter
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