The March Of The Mounted Riflemen. First United States Military Expedition To Travel The Full Length Of The Oregon Trail From Fort Leavenworth To Fort Vancouver May To October, 1849, As Recorded In The Journals Of Major Osborne Cross And George Gibbs And The Official Report Of Colonel Loring.

Raymond W. Settle [Edited By]

First edition. 8vo. Dark blue cloth, 380 pp., frontis. [portrait of Major Osborne Cross], preface, introduction, illustrated, plates, portraits, teg, bibliography, index. AHC 251 says, "Congress authorized the Mounted Riflemen to establish military posts along the Oregon Trail in 1846, but the expedition was delayed for three years. The three primary accounts of the journey are gathered together in this work to present differing viewpoints. Gibbs was a civilian, and offers a contrasting perspective from Cross and Loring on the execution of the expedition." A fine, bright copy.

Inventory Number: 34299