The Battle of Beecher Island (Abridged, Annotated) - Softcover

Forsyth, General George "Sandy"

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1519048874 ISBN 13: 9781519048875

Publisher: Independently published, 2016

Synopsis

One of the legendary figures of the frontier U.S. Army and the Indian Wars, Sandy Forsyth is unknown to most Americans. This volume contains his exciting account of the Battle of Beecher Island in September, 1868.Forsyth commanded a tiny force pinned down on a sand bar in the Republican River for nine days against hundreds of Cheyenne warriors led by Roman Nose. Forsyth was badly wounded but stayed in command as men and horses fell around him.Earlier in his career, he had been an aide-de-camp to Major-General Phil Sheridan during the Civil War. He rode with Sheridan on his famous nighttime ride from Winchester to avert catastrophe at the Battle of Cedar Creek. That story is here, as well as Forsyth's memory of his presence at the surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.This is one of the most exciting and well-written memoirs of an officer who served in the Civil War and on the frontier.

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About the Author

GEORGE A. FORSYTH (1837-1915) was at the prime age of twenty-four when he began his long and illustrious military career as a private in the Army when the Civil War began. He rose through the ranks and served throughout the American West before retiring in March 1890.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1519048874
• ISBN 13: 9781519048875
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116