| Author | : Katharine Seaton Squires |
| File Size | : 43,5 Mb |
| Publisher | : History Press Library Editions |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 09 July 2018 |
| ISBN | : 1540235351 |
| Pages | : 258 pages |
An Antietam Veteran s Montana Journey by Katharine Seaton Squires Book PDF Summary
In this recently unearthed memoir, Civil War veteran James Howard Lowell offers a firsthand account of his brutal journey west on a wagon train attacked by Indian Dog Soldiers. The Boston Yank staggers snow blind through a Laramie Plains blizzard to reach Salt Lake City, where he meets Brigham Young. In Montana, he joins an old forty-niner to work a mining claim, practices "tomahawk jurisprudence" in Fort Benton and builds a mackinaw to head downriver through Deadman Rapids to trade with the Crow and Gros Ventre tribes. Lowell's great-great-granddaughter edits this tale populated with colorful characters, narrow escapes and important historical events, such as the Baker Massacre. It features Lowell's letters to his sweetheart and Civil War correspondence.