Powder River odyssey
Subtitle: Nelson Cole's western campaign of 1865 : the journals of Lyman G. Bennett and other eyewitness accounts
By: by David E. Wagner.
Contributors: Bennett, L. G.
Series: Frontier military series -- 27
Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Norman, Okla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780870623592; 9780870623707
Subjects: Cole, Nelson, -- d. 1899; Bennett, L. G. -- Diaries; Powder River Expedition, 1865; Powder River Expedition, 1865 -- Personal narratives
Genres: Diaries.; Personal narratives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Points of view; title: Proceed without delay to Omaha, 20-30 June; title: On the March, 16 July; title: Following the Loup, 716 July; title: The Sandhill Country, 1725 July; title: To the Niobrara, 26 July-1 August; title: Mauvaises Terres, 2-10 August; title: March to Bear Butte, 11-14 August; title: Redwater respite, 15-19 August; title: On the Little Missouri, 20-25 August; title: Perilous crossing, 26-31 August; title: Desperation and indecision, 14 September; title: Dawn attack, 5-7 September; title: Thicker than fiddlers in hell, 8 Sptember; title: Dead horse camp, 9-10 September; title: Damned Powder River, 11-14 September; title: Messenger from the general, 15 September; title: Miserable road to travel, 16-19 September; title: At Fort Connor, 20-25 September; title: On to Fort Laramie, 26-29 September; title: The expedition ends, 30 September-4 October; title: Aftermath; title: In retrospect.