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Scouting with the Buffalo Soldiers : Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke, Frederic Remington, and the Tenth U.S. Cavalry in the Southwest
- Title
- Scouting with the Buffalo Soldiers : Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke, Frederic Remington, and the Tenth U.S. Cavalry in the Southwest / by John P. Langellier.
- Author
- Langellier, John P. (John Phillip)
- Publication
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2020]
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 436 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Book is a biography of US Army Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke, a young white man who graduated from West Point last in his class in 1884 and was assigned to the 10th US Cavalry, an African-American troop in the Southwest United States. He caught the attention of artist Frederic Remington, who included him and his troopers in many artworks. He was awarded a Medal of Honor for rescuing one of his troopers during a shoot out with Comanches. Clarke drowned in the Big Horn River in 1893"--
- Series Statement
- North Texas military biography and memoir series ; number 19
- Uniform Title
- North Texas military biography and memoir series ; no. 19.
- Subject
- Clarke, Powhatan H. 1862-1893
- Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909 > Themes, motives
- Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909
- United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 10th (1866-1950) > Officers > Biography
- United States. Army > African American troops > History
- United States. Army
- United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 10th (1866-1950)
- 1866-1895
- Indians of North America > Wars > 1866-1895
- African American soldiers > Southwestern States > Portraits
- Armed Forces > African American troops
- Armed Forces > Officers
- Indians of North America > Wars
- Themes, motives
- United States > Southwestern States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction "Cadet Gray, and Army Blue" -- "In Dixie Land Whar I Was Born" -- "Benny Havens, Oh!" -- "Ere the Fair Land of Texas" -- "Oh, It's Old Arizona" -- "Oh, The Dragoon Bold!" -- "Regular Army Oh!" -- "We're Fighting Bulls of the Buffaloes" -- "We Went to Arizona for to Fight the Indians There" -- "Girl I Left Behind" -- Epilogue "Fiddler's Green".
- Call Number
- JFE 21-1110
- ISBN
- 9781574418118
- 1574418114
- 9781574418200 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2020023995
- OCLC
- 1156436963
- Author
- Langellier, John P. (John Phillip), author.
- Title
- Scouting with the Buffalo Soldiers : Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke, Frederic Remington, and the Tenth U.S. Cavalry in the Southwest / by John P. Langellier.
- Publisher
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- North Texas military biography and memoir series ; number 19North Texas military biography and memoir series ; no. 19.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1866-1895
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-1110