Published in 1960 by Old West Publishing Company, of Denver, CO. First Edition. 304 numbered pages including index. Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Good condition. Gentle wear on cover. No Jacket. Inscribed by author to General Reynolds J. Burt who inspired the book. In 1866, after a brilliant Civil War career, Captain (Brevet Major) Andrew Burt marched with the 18th C.S. Infantry under Colonel Carrington from Fort Kearney to Julesburg. Then while He became the first regular army officer to resume command at old Fort Bridger after its interim occupation by volunteers. Major Burt was the last officer in command at dangerous Fort C.F. Smith, Montana Territory, which was abandoned after the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, which ended Red Cloud's War. For the first time events following the Fetterman Massacre and leading the bloody Hayfield Fight are revealed. Mrs. Burt's memoirs, dusty army records and other rare sources searched to illuminate one of the most critical episodes in the annals of Indian warfare.