Frontier Forts under Fire
Subtitle: The Attacks on Fort William Henry  and Fort Phil Kearny
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781476670935
Subjects: United states, history, french and indian war, 1755-1763; New york (n.y.), history; Red cloud, 1822-1909; Frontier and pioneer life, new york (state)
Description: "This book reexamines the traumatic events at both forts. The Fort William Henry Massacre was condemned by both British and French as barbaric. Yet these European powers proved capable of similar crimes. The Fort Phil Kearny defeat, traditionally attributed to Captain William Fetterman's having disobeyed orders, has been scrutinized in recent years"--