An Antietam Veteran's Montana Journey: The Lost Memoir of James Howard Lowell

In this recently unearthed memoir, Civil War veteran James Howard Lowell offers a firsthand account of his brutal journey west on a wagon train attacked by Indian Dog Soldiers. The Boston Yank staggers snow blind through a Laramie Plains blizzard to reach Salt Lake City, where he meets Brigham Young. In Montana, he joins an old forty-niner to work a mining claim, practices "tomahawk jurisprudence" in Fort Benton and builds a mackinaw to head downriver through Deadman Rapids to trade with the Crow and Gros Ventre tribes. Lowell's great-great-granddaughter edits this tale populated with colorful characters, narrow escapes and important historical events, such as the Baker Massacre. It features Lowell's letters to his sweetheart and Civil War correspondence.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 07/09/2018
ISBN: 9781540235350
Pages: 258
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d