This Soldier Life: The Diaries of Romine H. Ostrander, 1863 and 1865, in Colorado Territory

by Paul A. Malkoski

Romine Ostrander, born in 1837 in Roseville, Illinois, had made his way to Colorado as a private in the First Colorado Cavalry by the time he was twenty-five. On February 26, 1863, he bought a small, leather-bound diary; over the next three years he filled this volume and two more with his thoughts, travels, and frustrations. The delicate, well-worn diaries accompanied the private in his saddlebags over miles of dusty Colorado trails, but eventually...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0942576519
• ISBN13: 9780942576511
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.7"