Author: United States. Army. Military Division of the Missouri
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Author: United States. Army. Military Division of the Missouri
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Philip Henry Sheridan
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385433541
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Author: Philip Henry Sheridan
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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Author: Patrick Dearen
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 0875654509
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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In his newest book, Devils River, Patrick Dearen traces the 400-year history of the notorious river from the time of the first Spanish explorers to the modernization of southwestern Texas and the coming of the railroad. He vividly retells stories of Indian encounters, train robberies, and other horrific events that prove just how the name “Devils River” was coined. With his inimitable style, the author weaves together a variety of themes--military events, including the Civil War and stories about the Texas Rangers; the development of the first mail lines; and the introduction of cattle and sheep raising--into a comprehensive account of the violence and bloodshed surrounding the Devils River. The nature of the river’s history is such that very few anecdotes have happy endings, but Devils River contains stories of triumphs as well as disasters. Although this is an excellent account for historians studying the west, it is also very accessible to others with little or no background in early western history.

Author: Paul Andrew Hutton
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806150211
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 500

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"Paul Hutton’s study of Phil Sheridan in the West is authoritative, readable, and an important contribution to the literature of westward expansion. Although headquartered in Chicago, Sheridan played a crucial role in the opening of the West. His command stretched from the Missouri to the Rockies and from Mexico to Canada, and all the Indian Wars of the Great Plains fell under his direction. Hutton ably narrates and interprets Sheridan’s western career from the perspective of the top command rather than the battlefield leader. His book is good history and good reading."–Robert M. Utley

Author: Robert Wooster
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803297678
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294

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"A model of analytical history. In . . . spare, cogent prose, Wooster delineates military strategy against the western tribes, places the political influence of the Gilded Age military establishment in solid perspective, gives an able survey of the institutional structure of the postwar army, briefly describes key Indian campaigns, and presents pithy characterizations of leading western military personalities. . . . Wooster's book places events in a national, and in military terms international, context. In so doing he has made a major contribution to frontier and military scholarship".-Paul Andrew Hutton, American Historical Review. "A superior and important book. . . . [Wooster] succinctly identifies and illumines significant truths about the military establishment and its role in the final stages of confrontation and conflict along the western Indian frontier".-Robert M. Utley, Journal of American History. "A provocative example of the new historiography. . . . Students of the Indian wars have frequently suffered from a form of myopia. . . until now, no one has undertaken so comprehensive or critical a look at the army's role in formulating and implementing Indian policy".-Bruce Dinges, New Mexico Historical Review. Robert Wooster, an associate professor of history at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, is the author of Nelson A. Miles and the Twilight of the Frontier Army (Nebraska 1993).

Author: Louise A. Arnold-Friend
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 724

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Author: Frank N. Schubert
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9781442201934
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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They were U.S. Army soldiers. Just a few years earlier, some had been slaves. Several thousand African Americans served as soldiers in the Indian Wars and in the Cuban campaign of the Spanish-American War in the latter part of the nineteenth century. They were known as buffalo soldiers, believed to have been named by Indians who had seen a similarity between the coarse hair and dark skin of the soldiers and the coats of the buffalo. Twenty-three of these men won the nation's highest award for personal bravery, the Medal of Honor. Black Valor brings the lives of these soldiers into sharp focus. Their remarkable stories are told in the collected biography. Derived from extensive historical research, Black Valor will enrich and inspire readers with its tales of trials and courage.

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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 720

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