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Regular Army O! : soldiering on the Western frontier, 1865-1891
- Title
- Regular Army O! : soldiering on the Western frontier, 1865-1891 / Douglas C. McChristian ; foreword by Robert M. Utley.
- Author
- McChristian, Douglas C.
- Publication
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2017]
- ©2017
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Utley, Robert M., 1929-2022
- Description
- xix, 762 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Uses the testimony of enlisted soldiers -- drawn from more than 350 diaries, letters, and memoirs -- to create a vivid picture of life in an evolving post-Civil War Army on the western frontier." --
- Alternative Title
- Soldiering on the Western frontier, 1865-1891
- Subjects
- United States > Army
- Soldiers > Social conditions
- Soldiers > West (U.S.) > Social conditions > 19th century
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- West (U.S.) > History, Military > 19th century
- Soldiers' writings, American
- Armed Forces > Military life
- History
- HISTORY / Military / United States
- United States > Army > Military life > History > 19th century
- 1800-1899
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
- United States, West
- Military history
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Military history.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 707-728) and index.
- Contents
- "Taking to soldiering": enlistment -- "We are kept pretty busy": life at the recruiting depot -- "Don't grieve after me": the journey west -- "Deployed as skirmishers": regiments and companies in the West -- Brain, bone, and sinew: officers and noncoms -- "It is just dragging out a miserable existence": forts and garrison routine -- "The bed bugs are too numerous for me to sleep": some material aspects of Army life -- "Offensive in every particular": medicine, hygiene, and sanitation -- "It is so lonesome out here": the domestic side of enlisted life -- "We have our little amusements": recreation and pastimes -- "The moral condition is very poor": the seamy side of enlisted life -- "There are a great many deserting from our regiment": the problem of desertion -- "I will see some real Wild-West life": preparing for field service -- "More than I ever thought I could bear": life in the field -- "Our orders were to go after them": regulars and red men -- "The government pays you to get shot at": combat -- "Thank god I am done soldiering": enlistment's end -- Appendixes. A. 1872 Army pay table ; B. Glossary of Army slang ; C. Selected regular Army ballads ; D. Enlisted soldiers whose personal accounts of service were consulted for this book.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-7810
- ISBN
- 9780806156958
- 0806156953
- LCCN
- 2016039781
- 40027150380
- OCLC
- 962017112
- Author
- McChristian, Douglas C., author.
- Title
- Regular Army O! : soldiering on the Western frontier, 1865-1891 / Douglas C. McChristian ; foreword by Robert M. Utley.
- Publisher
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 707-728) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Added Author
- Utley, Robert M., 1929-2022, writer of foreword.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40027150380
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-7810