November 4 (or 9th), 1862 Army Surgeon John Marmaduke Whitlock is visiting his good friend Col. Kit Carson at the newly recaptured Fort Stanton (from Confederate forces). Carson is in command of five companies of New Mexico volunteers who are in the process of rebuilding the fort. Dr. Whitlock is engaged in a game of cards in the sutler’s store when the name Capt. James “Pa


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