Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources
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Category : Fort Davis National Historic Site (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 4

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Author: Robert Wooster
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1625110081
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 61

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This engaging, illustrated history of Fort Davis, one of the U.S. Army's most important western posts, relates the exciting history of Trans-Pecos Texas—the far western reaches off the state. Wooster traces the history of this Davis Mountains region from the days when Indians and later Spaniards and Mexicans inhabited the area, through its days as the site of Texan and American interests. The establishment and construction of Fort Davis in the mid-1850s tells the story of one of the army's largest western posts. We learn about the famous army camels which Secretary of War Jefferson Davis brought to the area, with Fort Davis serving as a base of operations, and about the difficult conditions imposed on the army by weather, climate, and Indians, Evacuated by the U.S. Army at the beginning of the Civil War, Fort Davis later was occupied by Texas state troops, then briefly reoccupied by the Federals. After the war, the War Department began shifting regular army units back to the western frontiers. Among these units were each of the famous black regiments, many of them composed of former slaves who proved to be excellent soldiers. The details of daily life—food, clothing, social activities, weapons, medical care—are thoroughly discussed, as are the often ineffective campaigns against Indians. Robert Wooster skillfully uses the forty-year history of Fort Davis to provide a clear window into the frontier military experience and into nineteenth-century American society. Because of its black soldiers, and its large Mexican-American civilian community, Fort Davis is a prime resource for studying and understanding the stratified racial relations which accompanied the army's and the nation's westward expansion.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Publisher:
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Category : Fort Davis National Historic Site (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 6

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Author: Robert Wooster
Publisher:
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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Publisher: National Park Service
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Tells the story of the evolution of the defenses of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the role they played in helping to safeguard Spanish possessions in the Caribbean from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Author: Robert M. Utley
Publisher:
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Category : Apache Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 72

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This publication is one of a series of handbooks describing the historical and archeological areas in the National Park System.

Author: Jerome A. Greene
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chalmette Unit, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (La.)
Languages : en
Pages : 480

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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Author: Henry Ossian Flipper
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 162558377X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Henry Ossian Flipper (21 March 1856 - 3 May 1940) was an American soldier, former slave, and the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877, earning a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army.

Author: Barry Scobee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781494011109
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.