First published in 1910, Frances C. Carrington's "My Army Life and
the Fort Phil Kearney Massacre" recounted the author's adventures
as an army wife on the Great Plains, but also sought to set the
record straight on her second husband's involvement in the
Fetterman fight.
Frances traveled with her first husband, Lt. George Washington
Grummond, to Fort Phil Kearney in Wyoming in 1866 where he was
killed in the Fetterman incident just a few months later. She
eventually married the post commander, Col. Henry B. Carrington,
after the death of his first wife, Margaret, who had befriended and
cared for Frances during her brief, tragic episode at the frontier
post.
Frances's narrative recalls the wonder and worries of a naive
young bride during the fateful days of 1866. From her voyage to
Wyoming to her encounters with unfamiliar peoples and strange
landscapes, Frances's vivid prose examines not only the everyday
workings of a frontier army post but also the political and social
intrigue behind one of the most controversial military defeats in
Western history.
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