Frederick William Benteen (1834-98) was a military officer during the Civil War and the Black Hills War against the Lakotas and the Northern Cheyennes.
James Donovan is the author of A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn--the Last Great Battle of the American West and Custer and the Little Bighorn, both main selections of the Military Book Club..
He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
Mills is a historian and the author of the novel A Mighty Afternoon.
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James Donovan is the author of A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn--the Last Great Battle of the American West and Custer and the Little Bighorn, both main selections of the Military Book Club.
He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
Mills is a historian and the author of the novel A Mighty Afternoon.
It was his misfortune to live largely unknown and to die largely misunderstood." Charles K.
He remains as he lived: a rather obscure supporting actor who appeared briefly on center stage in a well-known American history drama and then quietly faded away.
As Mills says at the end of this wonderful biography, "There are no monuments to Frederick William Benteen today.
He views Benteen as misjudged by history, a man forced to shoulder much of the blame for events far beyond his influence or control. military history.
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Mills explores Benteen\'s complex personality and life as a Career Army man during one of the most violent and compelling periods in U.
In Harvest of Barren Regrets, Charles K.
He was in command of a battalion at the Battle of Little Bighorn, and some say that his controversial actions during the battle may have contributed to Custer\'s disastrous defeat.
Frederick William Benteen (1834-98) was a military officer during the Civil War and the Black Hills War against the Lakotas and the Northern Cheyennes
