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Scouting with the Buffalo Soldiers Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke, Frederic Remington, and the Tenth U.S. Cavalry in the Southwest
Title
Scouting with the Buffalo Soldiers Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke, Frederic Remington, and the Tenth U.S. Cavalry in the Southwest / John P. Langellier.
ISBN
9781574418200
9781574418118
1574418114
Publication
Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2020]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©[2020]
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 436 pages, [15] pages of plates) : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ;
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"Book is a biography of US Army Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke, a young white man who graduated from West Point last in his class in 1884 and was assigned to the 10th US Cavalry, an African-American troop in the Southwest United States. He caught the attention of artist Frederic Remington, who included him and his troopers in many artworks. He was awarded a Medal of Honor for rescuing one of his troopers during a shoot out with Comanches. Clarke drowned in the Big Horn River in 1893"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 12, 2021
Series
Number 19 in the North Texas military biography and memoir series
Contents
Introduction "Cadet Gray, and Army Blue"
"In Dixie Land Whar I Was Born"
"Benny Havens, Oh!"
"Ere the Fair Land of Texas"
"Oh, It's Old Arizona"
"Oh, The Dragoon Bold!"
"Regular Army Oh!"
"We're Fighting Bulls of the Buffaloes"
"We Went to Arizona for to Fight the Indians There"
"Girl I Left Behind"
Epilogue "Fiddler's Green".
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Genre/Form
Electronic books
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