Frontier regulars : the United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891
Details the U.S. Army's campaign in the years following the Civil War to contain the American Indian and promote Western expansion
History
xv, 462 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Return to the frontier
The postwar army: command, staff, and line
The problem of doctrine
The army, Congress, and the people
Weapons, uniforms, and equipment
Army life on the border
Fort Phil Kearny, 1866
Hancock's War, 1867
The Peace Commission of 1867
Operations on the southern plains, 1868-69
Beyond the plains, 1866-70
Grant's peace policy, 1869-74
The Red River War, 1874-75
Sitting Bull, 1870-76
The conquest of the Sioux, 1876-81
Nez Perce bid for freedom, 1877
Bannock, Paiute, Sheepeater, and Ute, 1878-79
Mexican border conflicts, 1870-81
Geronimo, 1881-86
Ghost dance, 1890-91