Autumn of the Black Snake : the creation of the U.S. Army and the invasion that opened the West

Author

William Hogeland

Call Number

• 970.00497 H715 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.

Physical Description

447 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

An account of how the U.S. Army was created to fight a crucial Native American war describes how George Washington and other early leaders organized the Legion of the United States under General "Mad" Anthony Wayne in response to a 1791 militia defeat in the Ohio River Valley.

Contents

• Prologue: the ruins of an old French fort
• Part I. Sinclair's retreat
• The death of General Butler
• The turnip field
• Drive them out
• An inquiry into the causes of the unfortunate late defeat
• Part II. War dancing
• Standing armies
• Metropotamia
• Mad Anthony
• The peaceful intentions of the United States
• Legion Ville
• Part III. The Blacksnake march
• Recovery
• Fallen Timbers
• Black granite
• Conclusion.