Oliver Loving was a pioneering cattle driver. During the Civil War he drove cattle from Texas to feed Confederate forces along the Mississippi River, a service that left him in enormous debt when the war ended. In this letter, Loving proposes to raise several companies of men to make war on the Indians. In later years, Loving and Charles Goodnight became famous for their cattle drives from Texas to Santa Fe. Loving was killed by Indians in 1867 while on the trail. The character of Augustus McCrae in Larry McMurtry's classic novel Lonesome Dove was partially based on his life.
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