TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Paul TI - Frontier forts under fire: the attacks on Fort William Henry (1757) and Fort Phil Kearny (1866) SN - 9781476629568 AV - E199 .F766 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Jefferson, North Carolina PB - McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers KW - Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866 KW - Red Cloud's War, 1866-1867 KW - Campaigns KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - New York (State) KW - Wyoming KW - Military art and science KW - Case studies KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface ; 1. Sabbath Day Point; 2. Disaster on the Monongahela; 3. Revenge at Lake George; 4. The French Strike Back; 5. Fire and Ice: The Winter Raid; 6. Fort William Henry Aware; 7. Montcalm Arrives; 8. The Siege Tightens: Webb Nowhere in Sight; 9. A Demand for Surrender; 10. We Must Fall into the Hands of Our Enemies; 11. Massacre; 12. Outrage; 13. Carnage at Fort Carillon; 14. The Death Throes of Fort Duquesne; 15. Québec ; 16. England, Mistress of Canada; 17. Dakota Territory, 1866; 18. On the Bozeman Trail; 19. Fort Phil Kearny Takes Shape20. A Summons to Duty; 21. A Forgotten Battalion; 22. Fetterman Arrives ; 23. Over Lodge Trail Ridge; 24. Preparation for an Unparalleled Defense; 25. Fixing the Blame; 26. One and All Gloried in Abuse; 27. The Disaster Probed; 28. Red Cloud's Resolve; 29. The Wagon Box Fight; 30. Finale ; Appendix: Henry Carrington's Report of January 3, 1867; Chapter Notes ; Bibliography ; Index; 2; b N2 - This book reexamines the traumatic events at both forts. The Fort William Henry Massacre was condemned by both British and French as barbaric. Yet these European powers proved capable of similar crimes. The Fort Phil Kearny defeat, traditionally attributed to Captain William Fetterman's having disobeyed orders, has been scrutinized in recent years UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1595087&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -