An Antietam Veteran's Montana Journey: The Lost Memoir of James Howard Lowell (Civil War Series)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2018
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781439664704
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781467139670
- Publisher:
- Arcadia Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 02/02/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Katharine Seaton Squires, Ken Robison, Castle McLaughlin
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Katharine Seaton Squires
- Foreword by:
- Ken Robison
- Foreword by:
- Castle McLaughlin PhD