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Table of 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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Author/Creator:

Curtis, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1835-1907 , author

Contributors:

Gaff, Alan D. , editor, writer of introduction

Gaff, Donald H., 1970- , editor, writer of introduction

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Ordered West: the Civil War exploits of Charles A. Curtis [by Curtis, C.A.]

Related Series:

War and the Southwest series; no. 13

Subjects:

United States Army — Military life — History — 19th century

Arizona — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Personal narratives

New Mexico — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Personal narratives

Curtis, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1835-1907

Quartermasters — United States — Biography

United States Army — Officers — Biography

Indians of North America — Wars — West (U.S.) — 1862-1865

Frontier and pioneer life — West (U.S.)

West (U.S.) — History — 19th century

United States Army

American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)

1800-1899

Quartermasters

Armed Forces — Officers

Indians of North America — Wars

Indians of North America

Frontier and pioneer life

Armed Forces — Military life

Arizona

West United States

United States

New Mexico

Genres:

History

Personal narratives

Biographies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xiii, 575 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

E607 .C87 2017

ISBNs:

9781574416695 (cloth, alk. paper)
1574416693
9781574416824 (ebook) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2017004008

OCLC Numbers:

965766587