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Captain Bob of the Old Eleventh Cavalry and the Sioux Ambush
In a coastal west frontier tale, Brown recalls serving under Captain Bob of the Eleventh Cavalry who wins a nerve racking defense against a Sioux assault. The captain earns admiration for leadership, courage, and a letter from a long distance fiancée that steadies the soldiers through a brutal night siege, loss of horses, and dwindling supplies.
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Tarlace
Ays
Empire
Bob
Eleventh Cavalry
New England
West Point
Brown
Napoleon
Lot
War Department
Bill Tuttle
Tuttle
Red Devils
Bill
Jim Douglas
Jim
Major White