Laurence M. Hauptman
3) A Seneca Indian in the Union Army: the Civil War letters of Sergeant Isaac Newton Parker, 1861-1865
Author
Series
Civil War heritage volume 5
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
"Sergeant Parker's Civil War letters provide an important glimpse of the experiences of the average Indian soldier during that great conflict. "Newt," as he called himself, was the 3rd Sergeant and Color Bearer of Company D, 132nd New York State Volunteer Infantry. He was stationed in the vicinity of New Bern, North Carolina, from 1863 to 1865, guarding the railroads at that major transportation center. He served with 24 other Iroquois in an integrated...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Best known as a leader of the Indian takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969, Adam Fortunate Eagle now offers an unforgettable memoir of his years as a young student at Pipestone Indian Boarding School in Minnesota. In this rare firsthand account, Fortunate Eagle lives up to his reputation as a "contrary warrior" by disproving the popular view of Indian boarding schools as bleak and prisonlike. Fortunate Eagle attended Pipestone between 1935 and 1945,...
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