Custer, 7th Cavalry, From Little Big Horn to the Potomac

Description: From Dire Wolf Books: Author, Walt Cross. From Little Big Horn to the Potomac; the Story of Army Surgeon Dr. Robert W. Shufeldt Paperback, First Edition, 307 pages signed by the author. This is the exciting and unusual life story of Army surgeon Dr. Robert W. Shufeldt. After his service as a teenaged Navy officer during the Civil War, Robert became an Army surgeon, much to the chagrin of his admiral father. His first permanent assignment was as post surgeon at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Immediately upon arrival Robert set out to explore the site of Custer's defeat exactly one year before at the "Battle of the Little Big Horn". His June 1877 visit to the grisly scene lasted for weeks and he was joined there by Generals Sherman, Sheridan, and Terry along with other Army officers and civilians. Several miles east of the battlefield Robert recovered the remains of a 7th Cavalry soldier. It was obvious this man had initially escaped the Sioux and Cheyenne warriors and nearly won his life and freedom. His body was shot full of arrows, but not mutilated like so many of Custer's men at the Little Big Horn. Robert's actions at the Little Big Horn, removing the remains of this soldier and collecting the arrows embedded in him, created a mystery that became a part of the legend that was not solved for 130 years! Find out who this man was, his valor during the battle, how he nearly escaped, why the Sioux warriors called him "The bravest man", and how he met his fate at the "Battle of the Little Big Horn". After his controversial visit to the Little Big Horn, Robert was dogged by personal tragedy and professional suspicion that led to his court-martial. His scientific work at Fort Wingate, New Mexico with the Navajo and other Indian tribes resulted in his appointment as a curator for both the Army Medical Museum and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Eventually Robert became one of the foremost authorities in the science of ornithology and performed the autopsy on the last Passenger Pigeon as that species became extinct. This book is an unusual but pertinent addition to the story of the "Battle of the Little Big Horn". Signed by the author. Other books by the author include "Custer's Lost Officer; the Search for Lieutenant Henry Moore Harrington, 7th U.S. Cavalry", and "Out West with Custer and Crook, the Story of Colonel Verling K. Hart, 7th and 5th U.S. Cavalry". Walt Cross is a combat veteran of the 7th U.S. Artillery, a retired Army master sergeant, and holds degrees in both history and science.

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Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma

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