Although the story of Fort Phil Kearny and the Fetterman Massacre
of 1866 has been fictionalized many times, often inaccurately, it
has been largely neglected by formal historians. This meticulously
documented and exciting book should stand as the definitive
account. The chief protagonists in this tale of heartbreak and
heroism, personal enmities and over-confidence, are Col. Henry B.
Carrington, the cautious and conscientious commander of the fort,
and Capt. William J. Fetterman, a brilliant officer ignorant of
Indian warfare, whose recklessness led to his own death and that of
80 officers and men. Carrington, who had never before seen active
service, was ordered to build two forts on the Bozeman Trail which
led to the Montana goldfields through lands guaranteed forever by
treaty to the Indians as closed hunting grounds. The Indians,
chiefly Sioux, were infuriated by the invasion and warred on the
whites under Chief Red Cloud. Phil Kearny, compact and strongly
built, was their chief target. Lacking men, horses and rifles, his
requests for help ignored, Carrington did not dare risk meeting the
Indians in battle; his officers, led by Fetterman, accused him of
cowardice. Finally on December 21, 1866, Fetterman disobeyed orders
and led his men into a planned ambush from which not one white man
escaped... Based on army records and first hand accounts, often
shattering traditions, this is for Western historians, devotees and
obligatory for Americans collections. (Kirkus Reviews)
"The Fetterman Massacre" occurred on December 21, 1866, at Fort
Phil Kearny, a small outpost in the foothills of the Big Horns. The
second battle in American history from which came no survivors, it
became a cause celebre and was the subject of a congressional
investigation.
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