With Crook at the Rosebud (Abridged, Annotated), by J.W. Vaughn
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With Crook at the Rosebud (Abridged, Annotated), by J.W. Vaughn
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The only comprehensive work on one of the most important battles of the Indian Wars of the West. The fight on Rosebud Creek took place just days before General George Armstrong Custer and his Seventh Cavalry was decimated by the same warriors that forced General George Crook to withdraw from the Rosebud. Here in the words of survivors of the Rosebud fight on both sides, is J.W. Vaughn's classic book on the battle. Abridged and annotated for a modern audience, this edition takes you into the fight from various points on the battlefield. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
With Crook at the Rosebud (Abridged, Annotated), by J.W. Vaughn- Amazon Sales Rank: #473367 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-11-07
- Released on: 2015-11-07
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. "Must Read" Indian Wars "Classic" By Alan D. Gray For serious students of Northern Plains Indian Wars history, this much-referenced book by J.W. Vaughn is "must reading", along with Lieutenant John G. Bourke's "On the Border With Crook". Both works focus on the June 17, 1876 clash of General George Crook's 1,000+ troops and Crow and Shoshone Indian allies with hundreds of Sioux in the lovely Valley of the Rosebud, about 40 miles south from where General Custer would meet his fate at the Little Big Horn about a week later. Crook's stalemate (at first, he claimed victory) in the face of bold opposition took his force out of the overall strategic three-pronged campaign against the people of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse and sent it limping back southward, rendering him unable to come to Custer's assistance eight days later when these very same "hostiles" overwhelmed and whipped the vaunted Seventh Cavalry. Custer, General Terry, et. al. knew nothing about Crook's debacle, or the unexpected enthusiastic and vigorous fighting spirit of the Sioux.A more recent book which homes in on this fight, and which is especially well-researched, is "Battle of the Rosebud: Prelude to the Little Bighorn" by Neil Magnum (1987), former chief historian at the Custer Battlefield National Monument (that is what it was officially called when he was there -- it was renamed in the early 1990s) and editor of the Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association's periodical publication, "Greasy Grass".
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. An overlooked battle of the Indian Wars By Dick Marti Largely because of Custer's fame and the aura surrounding the Battle of the Little Bighorn, accounts of that battle appear approximately yearly and have begun to resemble one another closely. This book, "With Crook on the Rosebud" by J. W. Vaughn is a detailed account of the Battle of the Rosebud, which took place 17 June 1876 about 30 miles southeast of the Custer battle site. Vaughn actually went over the battlefield personally several times to identify features in the 1950s. He used a metal detector to find spent cartridges, bullets, and a few unspent shells. He also talked to old-timers who provided information on people and places. Some of this information was used to locate soldier positions. According to the very brief officer reports filed after the battle, only 10 soldiers were killed in this fight, which seems rather amazing considering the numbers of soldiers and Indians involved and the fact that the battle lasted several hours. Indian casualties were unknown, but 13 bodies were left on the field. One wounded Indian was buried in a teepee on Custer's route to the Little Bighorn and was discovered by Custer's troops. Because Crook's men were low on ammunition and rations, they left the field the day after the battle and returned to Fort Fetterman. The battle was at best a draw. This book is better written and more detailed than the later volume by Manghum. It appears that the definitive volume on the Battle of the Rosebud has not yet been written, given all the interest in the Little Bighorn fight.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A Footnote in History By Randy Keehn I just finished "With Crook at the Rosebud" and I was impressed with the thoroughness of the book. It is the first account I've come across of what essentially was the first battle of the campaign that led to Custer's Last Stand. The prelude to and account of the battle are rather detailed and are embellished with ample first-person accounts. Indeed, author J.W. Vaughn may have been too loyal to the first-person accounts. Vaughn tells a good story; better than the eye-witnesses he quotes at length. I found myself reading what, for me, may have been too much detail and missing some of the overview because of it. In all fairness, chapter 6 is Vaughn's own account of the battle. Having pointed out the three theaters of battle, he then focusses the next three chapters on each theater and immerses us in the detailed first-person accounts. Had I had a better overall knowledge of the battle at the Rosebud, I probably would have enjoyed the minutia all the more. Instead, I found myself putting the book down frequently and taking longer to read it than it should have taken me. The book moves well when Vaughn does the talking and I appreciated his enthusiasm as he explored the battle sites. "With Crook atthe Rosebud" was published in 1956 and Vaughn talked about his trips to the area earlier in that decade. There was, apparently, no efforts to preserve it as an historic site. The author relied on the help of local ranchers and Native Americans (the battle site borders on the Crow Reservation). I'm not sure modern archaeologists would approve of his collecting gun shells and exploring with a metal detector but at least he wrote down where he found what he found.The question that Vaughn concludes with was that of the relative success of Crook's encounter with the hostile Indians (Crow and Shoshone warriors fought alongside the soldiers). Apparently, the relatively minor losses of Crooks assembled army was measured against the subsequent massacre of Custer and the heavy losses on the rest of the 7th Cavalry. Some detractors of Crook's felt that a stronger pursuit of the hostiles could have prevented the demise of Custer and his men. After the day's engagement, the troops licked their wounds and eventually headed back to their home base. Was Crook a coward or a surviving pragmatist? His assessment that he lacked the numbers to pursue the enemy is in stark contrast to Custer bold attack on the entire village some days later. History records Custer as a hero although revisionists have a different opinion. Had Crook been as emboldened as Custer, History would probably be remembering him as a martyred hero (along with his troops). Vaughn covers that in the last chapter which I though was the chapter that could have been expanded.This book is an essential for students of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Indeed, it is one of the 5 or 6 books in the "Custer Library". It is full of footnotes in the back, and appendices of all the Army combatants and all the official reports of the battle. I thought it interesting that my copy is a first edition marked "property of the Army". This battle, after all, may have been a real teaching moment.
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