My Story

by Mills, Anson; Claudy, Carl Harry; McDermott, John D.

• ISBN13: 9780811724814
• ISBN10: 0811724816
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

Anson Mills saw frontier service in Arizona and Kansas, where he bravely fought against the Apache and the Cheyenne, respectively. As a battalion commander with the army, he played an important role in Reynolds's Powder River campaign of early 1876, and in the Great Sioux War later that year. His good fortune continued after his service, when he became a millionaire after inventing and improving military items.

Table of Contents

FIRST PERIOD
My Ancestors	25	(6)
Privations of the Early Pioneers	31	(6)
Charlotteville Academy	37	(4)
West Point Military Academy	41	(7)
Early Days in Texas	48	(3)
El Paso Experiences	51	(13)
In Washington	64	(5)
My Brothers in Texas	69	(9)
SECOND PERIOD
Four Years of Civil War	78	(24)
After the War	102	(12)
Marriage	114	(9)
THIRD PERIOD
Travels West and East	123	(12)
Nannie's Impressions of the West	135	(17)
Western Experiences	152	(25)
Detail to Paris Exposition	177	(9)
Out West Again	186	(23)
Brevet Commissions in the Army	209	(4)
In Washington Again	213	(38)
Consolidation of the El Paso and Juarez Street Railways	251	(2)
The Reformation of El Paso	253	(5)
Mexico	258	(5)
Equitable Distribution of the Waters of the Rio Grande	263	(18)
Boundary Commission	281	(26)
Woman's Suffrage	307	(3)
Prohibition	310	(2)
Trip to Europe with General Miles	312	(2)
My Cartridge Belt Equipment	314	(18)
The League to Enforce Peace	332	(9)
Trial by Combat	341	(1)
Personal Trial by Combat	341	(8)
National Trial by Combat	349	(6)
Honolulu	355	(2)
Conclusion	357	(4)
APPENDICES
The Organization and Administration of the United States Army	361	(21)
Address before the Society of the Army of the Cumberland	382	(12)
Address before the Order of Indian Wars, on ``The Battle of the Rosebud''	394