The Indian War of 1864: Events in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Cavalry Memoir of Plains Warfare, Frontier Conflict, and Overland TrailsBy Eugene Fitch Ware
Length16h 41m
About this audiobook
The Indian War of 1864: Events in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming is a vivid first-hand chronicle of military life on the Central Plains during a year of intense conflict between U.S. forces and Indigenous nations. Combining memoir, campaign history, and frontier reportage, Ware writes in a lucid, anecdotal style, attentive to geography, logistics, rumor, fear, and the confusions of irregular warfare. The book belongs to the literature of post–Civil War frontier remembrance, yet it is grounded in the immediacy of a participant-observer. Eugene Fitch Ware, later known as the poet "Ironquill," was a Union veteran who served with the Seventh Iowa Cavalry on the plains. His experiences as a soldier, lawyer, journalist, and public official shaped his disciplined but reflective prose. Ware's account emerges from personal memory and from a desire to preserve the texture of events often simplified in official military narratives. This volume is recommended to readers of frontier history, military memoir, and nineteenth-century American expansion. It offers not only a record of campaigns and encounters but also a revealing portrait of how soldiers understood the borderlands they occupied, making it a valuable, if historically situated, source.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
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Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length16 hrs 41 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 21, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
23Chapter XXII.
2Chapter I.
24Chapter XXIII.
3Chapter II.
25Chapter XXIV.
4Chapter III.
26Chapter XXV.
5Chapter IV.
27Chapter XXVI.
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6Chapter V.
28Chapter XXVII.
7Chapter VI.
29Chapter XXVIII.
8Chapter VII.
30Chapter XXIX.
9Chapter VIII.
31Chapter XXX.
10Chapter IX.
32Chapter XXXI.
11Chapter X.
33Chapter XXXII.
12Chapter XI.
34Chapter XXXIII.
13Chapter XII.
35Chapter XXXIV.
14Chapter XIII.
36Chapter XXXV.
15Chapter XIV.
37Chapter XXXVI.
16Chapter XV.
38Chapter XXXVII.
17Chapter XVI.
39Chapter XXXVIII.
18Chapter XVII.
40Appendix A.
19Chapter XVIII.
41Appendix B.
20Chapter XIX.
42Appendix C.
21Chapter XX.
43Appendix D.
22Chapter XXI.
44Memorable Quotes
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