Frontier valor : Medal of Honor recipients in the Northern Plains Indian Wars / by Keith Norman.
Material type: TextPublisher: [Jamestown, North Dakota] : Great Stories Books, 2017Description: 157 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781545235584
- 1545235589
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Not for Loan | Main Library | North Dakota Collection | 355.1342 N842 | Not for loan | 33111008745206 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Soldiers of the U.S. Army on the Northern Plains were awarded the Medal of Honor 133 times during the years of the Indian War Period. The book looks at the battles, actions by the Medal of Honor recipients and biographical information on these men.The Indian Wars on the Northern Plains largely involved the Sioux, more properly known as the Lakota, Dakota or Nakota peoples, the Nez Perce, Northern Cheyenne, Chippewa and other Native tribes.The conflict between the U.S. Army and the Native warriors continued for more than half a century. The Medal of Honor, created to honor privates in the Union Army during the American Civil War, was used to pay tribute to the men who performed above and beyond the call of duty. The conflicts range from small skirmishes largely forgotten by history to notable battles such as the Little Bighorn and the flight of the Nez Perce. In all cases, it is the action of the individual that is impartant rather than the big picture story of campaigns and politics.
"Between 1863 and the end of the Indian Wars, 133 men were awarded the Medal of Honor on the Northern Plain. This is their story."