A Terrible Glory

by James Donovan

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  ARTICLES

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  ———. “Some Reminiscences, Including the Washita Battle, November 27, 1868.” The Cavalry Journal 37, no. 153 (October 1928).

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  ———. “The Pack Train on George A. Custer’s Last Campaign.” Nebraska History 57, no. 1 (Spring 1976).

  ———. “Suttler on Custer’s Last Campaign.” Nebraska History 43, no. 3.

  ———. “Veterinary Service on Custer’s Last Campaign.” Kansas Historical Quarterly 43, no. 3 (Autumn 1977).

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  Hedren, Paul L. “Carbine Extractor Failure at the Little Big Horn.” Military Collector and Historian, Summer 1973.

  ———. “Eben Swift’s Army Service on the Plains, 1876–1879.” Annals of Wyoming 50, no. 1 (Spring 1978).

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  ———. “The Subjugation of Black Kettle.” Overland Monthly, July 1909.

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  ———. “The Seventh’s Quartermaster.” Crow’s Nest 5, no. 2 (Autumn/Winter 2005).

  ———. “Tragedy at White Horse Creek.” Brand Book 19, nos. 3 & 4 (April–July 1977).