Fighting Indians in the 7th United States Cavalry: the Recollections of a Bugler of the Campaign Against the Nez Perce Indians 1876-77

In this vivid firsthand memoir, Ami Frank Mulford, a bugler with the 7th U.S. Cavalry, recounts the harrowing experiences of one of the U.S. Army's most arduous frontier campaigns—the pursuit of the Nez Perce during 1876–77. Told with clarity, urgency, and surprising emotional depth, Fighting Indians in the 7th United States Cavalry captures the hardships of long marches, skirmishes in rugged terrain, and the complex moral and human dimensions of a conflict that pitted a determined Indigen...