Unearthing the Battle of Milk Creek
Subtitle: 40°-12-41 north, 107°-41-49 west, elevation 6757 feet, September 29th - October 5th 1879
By: Brad Edwards
Publisher: Milk Creek Publications
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Englewood, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780615176222
Subjects: Milk Creek, Battle of, Colo., 1879; Excavations (Archaeology)
Description: "During the period of September 29 - October 5, 1879, the battle of Milk Creek became part of our nation's and great army's history. It is a relatively unknown engagement of our Indian wars, dwarfed by other battles such as Little Big Horn, Washita, and countless others. Now, sadly, some 128 years later, some of those US Cavalry troopers and civilians killed at Milk Creek remain on that battlefield in an unmarked grave in a pasture grazed by livestock. Brad Edwards has dedicated nearly seven years in researching the Milk Creek Battlefield, and fighting to have the remains of the soldiers and civilians that he inadvertently discovered, recovered and interned in a national cemetery for a Christian burial with the full military honors so long overdue them. In this book, Brad not only tells the story of the battle and the White River Expedition, but also shows the human dimension, as seen by selected members of the command. Some of the troopers were veterans of the Civil War, having survived countless campaigns and engagements. First Sergeant John Dolan, who was killed at Milk Creek, was one such Civil War veteran, who had survived the horrors not only of the battlefield, but also those of the Confederate prison known as Andersonville. Brad Edwards work captures an important and relatively unknown piece of our nations history. It reflects his dedication to our great republic and to the soldiers who fought at Milk Creek. It also reflects his untiring efforts to recover those who fell and remain at Milk Creek"--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-305).
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: Prelude to battle; title: Chapter 2: Dawn of battle; title: Chapter 3: Life in the trenches; title: Chapter 4: Merritt takes charge; title: Chapter 5: Milk Creek rediscovered; title: Chapter 6: An inadvertent discovery; title: Chapter 7: Patriotic instincts; title: Chapter 8: Jacob Amberg; title: Chapter 9: Major Thomas Tipton Thornburgh and Private Henry Fulk; title: Chapter 10: Lieutenant James Valentine Seaman Paddock; title: Chapter 11: Sergeant John A. Poppe; title: Chapter 12: Sergeant John Dolan and the Milk Creek Dead.