They volunteered to fight in the Civil War. Instead they were sent to Fort Laramie. This is story of the "boys"ù privates, corporals, and sergeantsùwho bulk and manned remote outposts and guarded the trails and telegraphs lines on the isolated Western Frontier. Often related in the ordinary soldiers' own words, through letters and diaries, this accurate account of the Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Company K, takes us with the boys as they experience boredom, violence, extremes in weather, lack of training and supplies, and loneliness. Book jacket.