ON THE PLAINS IN '65...TWELVE MONTHS IN THE VOLUNTEER CAVALRY SERVICE, AMONG THE INDIANS OF NEBRASKA, COLORADO, DAKOTA, WYOMING, AND MONTANA. THRILLING ADVENTURES, FINE SCENERY, AND HOW THE BOYS PUT IN THE TIME IN THE FAR WEST

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[Wheeling, W.V.]. 1883.. 97pp. Original pictorial front wrapper bound in later cloth, spine gilt. Boards and spine slightly soiled, old library shelf label on bottom inner portion of front board. Institutional bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States on front pastedown. A very good copy. This is perhaps the most interesting of all the post-Civil War narratives, privately printed and of great rarity. Holliday enlisted in the Union Army at the age of fifteen. He served in the 6th West Virginia Cavalry and was mustered out in Washington. After the Civil War he re- enlisted and his regiment was sent to the Rocky Mountains "to assist in protecting the frontier, guarding the overland stage line, running the mails through the remote Northwest, and in protecting the Government posts along the North Platte river." The regiment travelled from Washington, D.C. to St. Louis, thence by steamer to Fort Leavenworth, and up the Missouri River to Fort Kearny. Holliday's unit served in Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana from the summer of 1865 to the following spring, mainly based in Fort Laramie. There is some account of the Sioux Wars, hunting on the Powder River, fighting at Horseshoe Station, chasing wild horses, hunting buffalo in Wind River Valley, etc. Illustrated with a full-page wood- engraved standing portrait of the author (sporting shoulder-length hair and an army uniform), and many other illustrations in the text. "An extremely interesting story" - Graff. HOWES H596, "b." STREETER SALE 1828. GRAFF 1936. PHILLIPS SPORTING BOOKS, p.182.

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