Title: Brackett's Battalion
First published: 2004
Description: "Brackett's Battalion, as the men became known, took part in the Northwestern Indian Expedition of 1864 and rode northwest into Dakota Territory to seek out and engage Indians in response to attacks on settlers in Minnesota. On July 28, 1864, during the decisive battle against a large Dakota contingent at Killdeer Mountain, Brackett's men conducted a remarkable three-mile-long saber charge that resulted in vicious hand-to-hand combat and eventually turned the tide of the battle." "Told through the journals, diaries, and letters of the troopers themselves, Brackett's Battalion brings to light a long-neglected aspect of Minnesota's role in the Civil War and reveals a side of the conflict rarely portrayed in the war's literature."--Jacket.
Subjects: Cavalry operations, Dakota Indians, History, Kentucky Civil War, 1861-1865, Minnesota Civil War, 1861-1865, Regimental histories, Tennessee Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Army. Brackett's Battalion (1861-1866), Wars, 1862-1865, United states, army, history, Indians of north america, wars, 1815-1865, Minnesota, history, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, regimental histories, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, Tennessee, history, Kentucky, history
Places: Kentucky, Minnesota, Tennessee, United States
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: E515.6.B73 B47 2004