Homer Coon, "Recollections of the Sioux Campaign of 1876 As I Saw It From the Viewpoint of An Enlisted Man, and From First Hand Told Us Boys of General A. H. Terry's Command by John Martini, the Late General Custer's Orderly and Bugler, Who Escaped Being Killed In the Massacre, by Being Sent With A Message To Major Benteen With A Pack Train To Hurry, As There Was A Big Camp"

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Scope and Contents

The title of this book pretty well sums up the first half of the text. Homer Coon was a soldier with the Seventh Infantry when General Terry marched up the Little Bighorn River to the proposed meeting with Custer. The second part of the text, however, is an account of Coon's participation in the Nez Perce affair, including a description of the U.S. Army's defeat at the Battle of the Big Hole in August of 1877. While perhaps not complete or, in some cases, accurate, Coon's narrative provides an interesting perspective on two very important battles of the Indian Wars.

Dates

1876-1877

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