William J. Fetterman

William J. Fetterman is represented in the linked historical fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making, empire, conquest and resistance, and exploration, travel and cultural encounter. These works approach the figure through the surrounding events, relationships and political conflicts rather than through a standalone biography.

In Michael Punke’s Ridgeline, the narrative moves among Native leaders, soldiers, scouts and army families as the conflict closes around the Fetterman Fight of 21 December 1866.