An Antietam Veteran's Montana Journey: The Lost Memoir of James Howard Lowell

by Squires, Katharine Seaton
ISBN: 9781467139670
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Overview

In this recently unearthed memoir, Civil War veteran James Howard Lowell offers a firsthand account of his brutal journey west on a wagon train attacked by Indian Dog Soldiers. The Boston Yank staggers snow blind through a Laramie Plains blizzard to reach Salt Lake City, where he meets Brigham Young. In Montana, he joins an old forty-niner to work a mining claim, practices "tomahawk jurisprudence" in Fort Benton and builds a mackinaw to head downriver through Deadman Rapids to trade with the Crow and Gros Ventre tribes. Lowell's great-great-granddaughter edits this tale populated with colorful characters, narrow escapes and important historical events, such as the Baker Massacre. It features Lowell's letters to his sweetheart and Civil War correspondence.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Squires, Katharine Seaton
  • ISBN: 9781467139670
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.90 x 0.60
  • Number Of Pages: 256
  • Publication Year: 2018
Language: English