Sheridan's Troopers On The Borders: A Winter Campaign On The Plains.

DE B. RANDOLPH KEIM

Publication: Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger, 1870, Philadelphia

Green cloth, decorated gold stamping on spine, 308 pp., brown endpapers, frontis. [portrait], preface, illustrated. With the U.S. linked by rail from coast to coast, the Indians were alarmed at the encroachment of the settlers. This book details more than six months spent on the Southern Plains, by Major General Sheridan and his actions against the Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe as the settlers began to invade the Indians' territory. The plight of the soldiers to exist on the plains under hostile conditions, including the severe winter storms, is also told with remarkable clarity. "The author narrates in this work, the incidents of a campaign against the Indians of the Plains, in which the usual military role of fighting the Indians when they were best prepared, was not adhered to. General Sheridan assailed them in the depth of winter, when the resources which make them so difficult to find or overtake were unavailable."--Field 813. Previous owner's small bookplate, stamped name, and name in ink, else an exceptionally nice copy of this very scarce work. Ornate gilt-stamping on spine is bright and unworn.

Inventory Number: 52783