Frontier Cavalry Trooper: The Letters of Private Eddie Matthews, 1869–1874

Contents

vii ✯ ConTenTs Illustrations viii Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi chapter one “Away from Home and Friends” september–december 1869 1 chapter two “His Throat Was Cut from Ear to Ear” january–april 1870 35 chapter three “Wind, Wind, and Sand All the Time” may–december 1870 72 chapter four “We Only Shot to Scare Them” january–december 1871 125 chapter five “Have Had All the Indian Fighting I Wish” january–december 1872 147 chapter six “Soldiers Are Not Given to Shedding Tears” january–june 1873 193 chapter seven “I Shall Never Soldier Again” july–december 1873 242 chapter eight “Every Day Is One Less for Me to Serve” january–march 1874 298 chapter nine “When Eddie Comes Marching Home” april–august 1874 337 Epilogue 393 Abbreviations Used in This Volume 400 Bibliography 401 Index 409 ...