Give Me Eighty Men: Women and the Myth of the Fetterman Fight

Contents

Preface..................................................................................ix Introduction................................................................... xvii 1. Prelude to Disaster ...........................................................1 2. To the Frontier................................................................25 3. Ladies of the Regiment.................................................41 4. Officers and Gentlemen...............................................58 5. Hard Lessons Learned...................................................75 6. The Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands................94 7. Blazing a Paper Trail...................................................128 8. Women’s Work .............................................................159 9. The Rest of the Story...................................................188 Notes .....................................................................................201 Bibliography.......................................................................219 Index .....................................................................................229 contents  ...