Buffalo Soldier: Battle at Dead Man's Gulch

Buffalo Soldier

by Charles Ray

First Sergeant Ben Carter and his detachment are dispatched to the western part of New Mexico Territory to track down a band of renegade Apache who have bolted the reservation. After days on the renegades' trail, they've come up dry, until they encounter them in the mountains south of Santa Fe. After a brief skirmish, the renegades elude Ben once again. Hot on their tail, Ben and his men are faced with life and death decisions - they discover a grisly scene indicating that the Apache are not the only deadly perils awaiting them in the shadow of the mountain. Nor are they only ones in danger. At Dead Man's Gulch, they come upon a small detachment of the Sixth Cavalry, a white unit stationed in Arizona Territory that has been chasing its own band of renegades, only to find itself trapped and in danger of being annihilated until the Buffalo Soldiers of the Ninth Cavalry come to their rescue. Ride along with the Buffalo Soldiers as they face death, danger and discrimination on the western frontier.

164 pages, Paperback

Published March 25, 2014

About the author

I've been writing since my teens. In addition to writing for several newspapers and magazines in the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa, I've written two books on leadership and a number of fiction works. I'm also a published poet, photographer, and artist. I write in several genres, reflecting my broad reading tastes. I spent 20 years in the army, retiring in 1982 and becoming a diplomat. I've worked in about 10 countries and traveled to about 30 more, mining each for material to write about.

Reviews

[Robert Hazelwood]

Short but oh so sweet