Frontier Forts Under Fire The Attacks on Fort William Henry (1757) and Fort Phil Kearny (1866)
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Biografisk notat
The late Paul Williams worked in the television and film industries as a writer, producer and director. He wrote several books about the American frontier and the Civil War. He lived in Melbourne, Australia.Fort William Henry and Fort Phil Kearny were both military outposts of the North American frontier. Both lasted but briefly--about two years from construction until their walls went up in flames. And both saw what were termed "massacres" by Indians outside their walls.
This book reexamines the traumatic events at both forts. The Fort William Henry Massacre was condemned by both the British and the French as barbaric. Yet these European powers proved capable of similar crimes. The Fort Phil Kearny defeat, traditionally attributed to Captain William Fetterman's having disobeyed orders, has been scrutinized in recent years. Did the women present at that time write a distorted version of events?
It would appear that his second-in-command, the rash Lieutenant George Grummond, led the charge over Lodge Trail Ridge. Or did he?
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Sabbath Day Point
2. Disaster on the Monongahela
3. Revenge at Lake George
4. The French Strike Back
5. Fire and Ice: The Winter Raid
6. Fort William Henry Aware
7. Montcalm Arrives
8. The Siege Tightens: Webb Nowhere in Sight
9. A Demand for Surrender
10. We Must Fall into the Hands of Our Enemies
11. Massacre
12. Outrage
13. Carnage at Fort Carillon
14. The Death Throes of Fort Duquesne
15. Québec
16. England, Mistress of Canada
17. Dakota Territory, 1866
18. On the Bozeman Trail
19. Fort Phil Kearny Takes Shape
20. A Summons to Duty
21. A Forgotten Battalion
22. Fetterman Arrives
23. Over Lodge Trail Ridge
24. Preparation for an Unparalleled Defense
25. Fixing the Blame
26. One and All Gloried in Abuse
27. The Disaster Probed
28. Red Cloud’s Resolve
29. The Wagon Box Fight
30. Finale
Appendix: Henry Carrington’s Report of January 3, 1867
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index