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Title: The Fetterman Massacre

Subtitle: The History and Legacy of the U.S. Army's Worst Defeat During Red Cloud's War

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Bill Hare

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

In the summer of 1866, Colonel Henry B. Carrington set out from Fort Laramie to establish a series of forts along the Bozeman Trail with the goal of protecting migrants moving along the trail. The Bozeman Trail ran through the Powder River country, which included the traditional hunting grounds of Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho peoples. Carrington had about 1,000 people in his column, of which about 700 were soldiers and 300 were civilians, likely soldiers' families and migrants.

Members Reviews:

Okay with some questions

All in all this was not a bad rendition of the Fetterman fiasco. It is a good read for a person who has limited time of interest in the incident and time period. There are a few mistakes made by whomever put this together that showed either lack of knowledge of carelessness, ie: Virginia City at the end of the Bozeman trail is not in Northern Nevada it is the Montana Virginia City and it is chief Gall not Galt. Carelessness? But an interesting take of the West that might get a person to pick up any one of a number of excellent books on the time and conflicts.

Really great history

I am amazed at the consistently great books by Charles River Editors. They are interesting, accurate, and engaging written. I have read many of their books and I recommend this one to you.

Three Stars

Book looses contact with the title of the book.

Numerous arrows kill as well as pistols and rifles, the Native American wars versus the United States

Iâm not sure if Iâd ever heard of the Fetterman Massacre before reading this book. I suspect most people are more familiar with Custerâs last stand instead of this battle. The Fetterman Massacre was the first time that the Native Americans defeated and destroyed a large number of soldiers (81). The book starts out by describing the political background related to the desire of Americans wanting the land that the Native Americans had owned for centuries. Of course, treaties were made and broken. Next, the book describes the founding of Fort Kearny and its staffing. The book discusses the life of Red Cloud a major leader of the Sioux. The actual battle is shrouded in controversy because there were no survivors nevertheless several theories about what happened were described. The book also describes Col. Henry B. Carrington and his tactics or lack of tactics and relationship to fighting the Native Americans. The political consequences were described in detail. I think that anyone interested in the history of the wars with the Native Americans in the central plains would be interested in this book.

Good summary of what is known

The books from Charles River Editors are an excellent resource to orient yourself to their topics. They are generally accurate, impartial and do not engage in any grand schemes to reshape history. This opinion comes from reading a number of their works on topics which I am familiar with. This is one of those topics and it captures the known facts and clearly states the on going debates. As always, an excellent survey of the topic.