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Where the dusty trail of history ends, the battle for the frontier begins.
The United States Cavalry; men of discipline and bravery, sent to the far corners of the frontier and asked to risk their lives for as little as eight dollars a month. This is the beginning of what we think of as the old west. The Dragoons and Mounted Rifles became the hard charging cavalry of America's youth, riding out of the distant horizon to save the wagon train from the Indians. This is the story of the men, the leaders, and the fearless war chiefs they faced, much of it told in their own words. You'll hear of Captian Fetterman, a braggart, who led his men into a massacre from which none would return; the story of Captain Powel, who stood with his 32 men, against an onslaught of 3,000 Sioux warriors. Learn how the Civil War shaped such devastating leaders asWilliam T. Sherman and what happened when they were unleashed against theIndians. Understand how it could have been avoided, and the reasons why it happened anyway.
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