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Wagons, Gold and Conflict
eBook - Captain Alfred Davenport's Adventures in the Trans Mississippi West
ISBN/EAN: 9781669806158
Umbreit-Nr.: 8367581
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 378 S.
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Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 30.01.2022
Auflage: 1/2022
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Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
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- Alfred Davenportparents gone, elder siblings married with familiesfollowed a dream to see Oregon in May 1844. Visiting California in 1846, Davenport dropped into the conflict between settlers and the Mexican government. Joining California settlers, Davenport fought in the Bear Flag Revolt and with John Charles Fremonts California Mounted Battalion. Year 1849 found Alfred caught up in Californias gold rush. His mining career ended with Davenport resigning as manager of Fremonts famous Pine Tree Mine to join General Fremont in Missouri as a cavalry captain in the Body Guard. Year 1862 found Captain Davenport serving as a special messenger carrying orders from General Fremont to field generals in western Virginia. The armys Quartermaster Department assigned Davenport as supervisor of military hospital construction in the Civil Wars Mississippi valleys and for duty in the customhouse in Union-occupied New Orleans. Postwar, Davenport became a land speculator in a newly opened land in Kansas.