Life and adventures of Captain William G. Felton, California Bill, 1886.

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Life and adventures of Captain William G. Felton, California Bill, 1886.

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This handwritten manuscript was prepared by William G. Felton in 1886. In his reminiscences, Felton talks in detail about the following subjects: his time in the army, the Battle of Lewisburg, the siege of Vicksburg and his time at the Camp Ford Stockade Prison; his experiences in stage coaching in Wyoming and South Dakota, including an incident with the Dakota Indians, after which Felton was sent to Fort Laramie; the Battle of Little Bighorn; Crazy Horse's death at Camp Robinson; farming in California and Nevada; and mining in Colorado. Felton specifically talks about the following individuals: Buffalo Bill, Crazy Horse, George Crook, George Custer, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry Heth, Wild Bill Hickok, and Joseph Reynolds.

73 pages, 32 cm.

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