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What was life like with the US cavalry and the Buffalo soldiers with John Langellier
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Interview Timeline
John P. Langellier has written numerous studies of the technical aspects of the US Army in the Old West. He recently wrote a book on the personal history of a US cavalry Buffalo Soldier officer Powhatan Clarke titled Scouting with the Buffalo Soldiers. We spoke about Lt Clarke, the Buffalo Soldiers, the German military, West Point, Frederic Remington, Apache scouts, and numerous other Old West topics. Scouting with the Buffalo Soldiers (University of North Texas Press, 2020)
1:02 – John explains why he wrote about Powhatan Clarke and the Tenth Cavalry.
2:46 – John talks about how expansive this biography was.
4:43 – John talks about Clarke’s charm and bravado.
6:14 – John talks about how Clarke went into the cavalry.
7:50 – John talks about how well Clarke served with black soldiers.
8:24 – John talks about Clarke serving with Apache scouts and having created special strike forces.
11:55 – John goes into details about how Clarke joined Apache Scouts and Buffalo soldiers.
14:23 – John talks about Clarke’s day to day duty at the forts he was stationed at.
17:57 – John talks about Clarke’s trying to use connections to get stationed in France as an observer. Instead he was sent to Germany.
21:28 – John talks about Clarke’s writings on the German military.
23:52 – John talks about Clarke’s involvement in the Indian Wars.
27:58 – John talks about Clarke’s financial position.
30:22 – John talks about Clarke’s “striker”.
34:26 – John talks about how Clarke changed the use of horses in his command.
37:57 – John talks about Clarke’s connection with Frederic Remington.
40:19 – John talks about Frederic Remington’s response to Clarke’s death.
43:53 – John talks about the documents he found for his research.
47:31 – John goes into more detail about Clarke’s letters and the Missouri Historical Museum and finding images.
49:37 – John talks about the book’s images.
51:05 – John talks about being surprised by Clarke’s use of special units for recon work.
52:48 – John talks about wanting Clarke’s German reports and wishing he could find his wife’s letters.
58:09 – John talks about going to Clarke’s grave.
1:00:20 – John talks about the various readers who might like this book.
1:03:25 – John is writing a book on enlisted Buffalo soldiers.
1:05:12 – More information on the book can be found at the University of North Texas Press website unt.edu.
Links of interest
https://untpress.unt.edu/catalog/3904
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Guests: John P. Langellier
Host: Cris Alvarez
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