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PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press

ISBN-100803236840

ISBN-139780803236844

eBay Product ID (ePID)109147506

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Book TitleHarvest of Barren Regrets : the Army Career of Frederick William Benteen, 1834-1898

Number of Pages440 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military

Publication Year2011

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorCharles K. Mills

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight23.1 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width7 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-015951

Reviews"Charles K. Mills is a diligent researcher and a thoughtful historian. He knows the Civil War and frontier armies intimately, and he expertly places his subject in accurate context. He has sized up Benteen as well as anyone can and laid out his appraisal clearly, objectively, and unequivocally. . . . This is a major contribution to the literature of the Little Bighorn." Robert M. Utley, Montana: The Magazine of Western History, "This is the one book to get for the fullest picture of a complex officer who rose to brevet colonel during the Civil War before joining the 7th Cavalry at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1867. . . . Author Charles Mills largely sees Benteen as a flawed common man who became the hero of an American tragedy."- Wild West, "Charles K. Mills is a diligent researcher and a thoughtful historian. He knows the Civil War and frontier armies intimately, and he expertly places his subject in accurate context. He has sized up Benteen as well as anyone can and laid out his appraisal clearly, objectively, and unequivocally. . . . This is a major contribution to the literature of the Little Bighorn."--Robert M. Utley, Montana: The Magazine of Western History "This is the one book to get for the fullest picture of a complex officer who rose to brevet colonel during the Civil War before joining the 7th Cavalry at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1867. . . . Author Charles Mills largely sees Benteen as a flawed common man who became the hero of an American tragedy."-- Wild West ""In Harvest of Barren Regrets, Charles K. Mills, a historian who lives in Tucson, Arizona, has written an excellent account of Benteen's twenty-seven-year career.""--Roger D. Cunningham, Journal of America's Military Past, "In Harvest of Barren Regrets, Charles K. Mills, a historian who lives in Tucson, Arizona, has written an excellent account of Benteen's twenty-seven-year career."-Roger D. Cunningham, Journal of America's Military Past, "Charles K. Mills is a diligent researcher and a thoughtful historian. He knows the Civil War and frontier armies intimately, and he expertly places his subject in accurate context. He has sized up Benteen as well as anyone can and laid out his appraisal clearly, objectively, and unequivocally. . . . This is a major contribution to the literature of the Little Bighorn."-Robert M. Utley, Montana: The Magazine of Western History

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal973.7092 B

Table Of Content1. Virginia to Missouri 2. Wilson's Creek 3. Bowen's Battalion 4. The Fair Play Incident 5. The 9th Missouri Cavalry 6. The 10th Missouri Cavalry 7. Winslow's Brigade 8. Wilson's Raid 9. The Atlanta Year 10. The 7th Cavalry in Kansas 11. The Scrap at Elk Horn 12. The Battle of the Washita 13. Occupation Duty 14. Dakota Territory 15. The 1876 Campaign 16. Thursday, 22 June 1876 17. Friday, 23 June 1876 18. Saturday, 24 June 1876 19. Sunday, 25 June 1876 20. Monday 26 June 1876 21. After the Battle 22. The 1877 Campaign 23. Fallout from the Little Big Horn 24. The 9th (Colored) Cavalry Regiment 25. Fort "DuShame" 26. The Final Atlanta Years Appendices Bibliography Notes Index

SynopsisFrederick William Benteen (1834-98) was a military officer during the Civil War and the Black Hills War against the Lakotas and the Northern Cheyennes. He was in command of a battalion at the Battle of Little Bighorn, and some say that his controversial actions during the battle may have contributed to Custer's disastrous defeat. In Harvest of Barren Regrets , Charles K. Mills explores Benteen's complex personality and life as a career army man during one of the most violent and compelling periods in U.S. military history. He views Benteen as misjudged by history, a man forced to shoulder much of the blame for events far beyond his influence or control. As Mills says at the end of this wonderful biography, "There are no monuments to Frederick William Benteen today. He remains as he lived: a rather obscure supporting actor who appeared briefly on center stage in a well-known American history drama and then quietly faded away. It was his misfortune to live largely unknown and to die largely misunderstood.", Frederick William Benteen (1834-98) was a military officer during the Civil War and the Black Hills War against the Lakotas and the Northern Cheyennes. He was in command of a battalion at the Battle of Little Bighorn, and some say that his controversial actions during the battle may have contributed to Custer's disastrous defeat. In Harvest of Barren Regrets , Charles K. Mills explores Benteen's complex personality and life as a career army man during one of the most violent and compelling periods in U.S. military history. He views Benteen as misjudged by history, a man forced to shoulder much of the blame for events far beyond his influence or control. As Mills says at the end of this wonderful biography, "There are no monuments to Frederick William Benteen today. He remains as he lived: a rather obscure supporting actor who appeared briefly on center stage in a well-known American history drama and then quietly faded away. It was his misfortune to live largely unknown and to die largely misunderstood." Charles K. Mills is a historian and the author of the novel A Mighty Afternoon . He lives in Tucson, Arizona. James Donovan is the author of A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn--the Last Great Battle of the American West and Custer and the Little Bighorn , both main selections of the Military Book Club., Frederick William Benteen (1834-98) was a military officer during the Civil War and the Black Hills War against the Lakotas and the Northern Cheyennes. In Harvest of Barren Regrets, Charles K. Mills explores Benteen's complex personality and life as a career army man during one of the most violent and compelling periods in US military history.

LC Classification NumberE83.866.B46M55 2011