Ordered West: The Civil War Exploits of Charles A. Curtis

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Accounts of Charles Curtis, who served in the 5th United States Infantry on the New Mexico and Arizona frontier. This is edited version version of serial installments (originally published in newspapers from 1877-1880) with the addition of biographical information and some historical context, as well as some reorganization to read chronologically and some normalization of language and spelling. Index starts on page 561.

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xiii, 575 p. : ill.

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Gaff, Alan D. & Gaff, Donald H. June 2017.

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  • Main Title: Ordered West: The Civil War Exploits of Charles A. Curtis
  • Series Title: War and the Southwest series
  • Added Title: Number 13 in the War and the Southwest Series

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Accounts of Charles Curtis, who served in the 5th United States Infantry on the New Mexico and Arizona frontier. This is edited version version of serial installments (originally published in newspapers from 1877-1880) with the addition of biographical information and some historical context, as well as some reorganization to read chronologically and some normalization of language and spelling. Index starts on page 561.

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xiii, 575 p. : ill.

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Publisher's description: During the Civil War, Charles Curtis served in the 5th United States Infantry on the New Mexico and Arizona frontier. He spent his years from 1862 to 1865 on garrison duty, interacting with Native Americans, both hostile and friendly. Years after his service and while president of Norwich University, Curtis wrote an extensive memoir of his time in the Southwest. Curtis’s reminiscences detail his encounters with Indians, notable military figures, eccentrics, and other characters from the Old West—including Kit Carson—as well as the construction of Fort Whipple and expeditions against the Navajo and Apache.
In Ordered West, editors Alan D. Gaff and Donald H. Gaff annotated the text with footnotes identifying people, places, and events, also adding pictures of key figures and maps.

Contents: The adventure begins -- Across the plains -- Along the Santa Fe trail -- Into New Mexico -- Arrival in Santa Fe -- Albuquerque and the Rio Grande -- Arrival at Fort Craig -- On the march -- Encounter with Apaches -- Las Cruces and Mesilla -- New Mexico stories -- Across the Jornada del Muerto -- From Peralta to Fort Marcy -- Quartermaster duty -- Romantic entanglements -- En route to Conejos -- No potatoes, but a new assignment -- Indian attack at Los Valles Grandes -- Pueblos and Navajos -- Indians of New Mexico -- Lost in the wilderness -- Winter quarters -- Return to Jemez -- Good-bye to Los Valles Grandes -- Departure from Albuquerque -- Headed to Fort Wingate -- Inscription Rock -- Sightseeing and a captive boy -- Coues and consequences -- Colorado Chiquito and a porcupine -- Troubles with Coues and Indians -- Arrival at Fort Whipple -- Building a fort -- The missing mail carrier -- Horse flesh -- A bad day fishing -- Cash and carrying on -- Life in Prescott -- Fight at Red Rocks -- Politics and punishment -- Into the desert -- Water in several forms -- La Paz -- Major Thompson's scout -- Last days at Fort Whipple -- Doctor Coues in charge -- A change in command -- California and home.

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Gaff, Alan D. & Gaff, Donald H. Ordered West: The Civil War Exploits of Charles A. Curtis, book, June 2017; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1020970/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.

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