History of Indian operations on the Plains, 1866 /by Henry Beebee Carrington.

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History of Indian operations on the Plains, 1866 /by Henry Beebee Carrington.

The manuscript contains: an abstract of Sen. Ex. Doc. 33, 1st Sess., 50th Cong., 1887; official report of Col. H. Carrington of the action with Sioux Indians; the explanation of a 20 year congressional delay in the publication of Carrington's full history of 1866 Indian operations; and other military records regarding the 1866 campaign, the loss of Fetterman's detachment, and the following investigation.

1 v. (59 p.) ; 32 cm.

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Carrington, Margaret Irvin, 1831-1870

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Carrington, Henry Beebee, 1824-1912

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Early life Carrington was born in Wallingford, Connecticut. An ardent abolitionist in his youth, he was graduated from Yale University in 1845. He was professor of natural science and Greek at the Irving Institute in Tarrytown, New York from 1846 to 1847. Under the influence of the school's founder, Washington Irving, he subsequently wrote Battles of the American Revolution, which appeared in 1876. In 1847 he studied at Yale Law School, taught school briefly at a women's institute, and the...

United States. Army. Infantry, 18th.

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