McGillycuddy's March

Summer 1876--George Armstrong Custer and over 200 7th Cavalry troopers lost their lives at the Little Bighorn. Also on the march against the Sioux and Cheyenne was General George Crook's Wyoming Column. With Crook was Dr. Valentine T. McGillycuddy, who kept this diary in the field. In rain and blistering heat, McGillycuddy recorded many interesting details of campaigning on the frontier. At the Battle of Slim Buttes and on Crook's famous Starvation March, the doctor...
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Summer 1876--George Armstrong Custer and over 200 7th Cavalry troopers lost their lives at the Little Bighorn. Also on the march against the Sioux and Cheyenne was General George Crook's Wyoming Column. With Crook was Dr. Valentine T. McGillycuddy, who kept this diary in the field.

In rain and blistering heat, McGillycuddy recorded many interesting details of campaigning on the frontier. At the Battle of Slim Buttes and on Crook's famous Starvation March, the doctor recorded the suffering and the humor he saw around him.

On an expedition in the Black Hills the following year, McGillycuddy's wife, Fanny, accompanying her husband, assumed the duty of continuing this diary. Her wry humor and keen observations are another perspective on a difficult military march in rain, snow, and heat in hostile territory.

Later that year, Dr. McGillycuddy met and befriended Crazy Horse at Fort Robinson. In September, he was witness as Crazy Horse was bayoneted and he attended the Ogalala chief as physician until he died. Though this diary ends before that event, fascinating details about life at Camp Robinson bring the period to life.

Heavily annotated with information not to be found in other work on McGillycuddy, this diary is a unique look at the Great Sioux War.