McChristian Douglas C. Regular Army O!: Soldiering on the Western Frontier, 18651891 9780806156958

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Автор: McChristian Douglas C.
Название: Regular Army O!: Soldiering on the Western Frontier, 18651891
ISBN: 9780806156958
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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История Америк

История нового времени до 20 века: с 1700 по 1900

Военная история

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ISBN-10: 0806156953
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 784
Вес: 1.25 кг.
Дата издания: 27.04.2017
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 26 black & white illustrations
Размер: 235 x 156 x 47
Подзаголовок: Soldiering on the western frontier, 1865вђ“1891
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: The drums they roll, upon my soul, for thats the way we go, runs the chorus in a Harrigan and Hart song from 1874. Forty miles a day on beans and hay in the Regular Army O! The last three words of that lyric aptly title Douglas C. McChristians remarkable work capturing the lot of soldiers posted to the West after the Civil War. At once panoramic and intimate, Regular Army O! 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 army on the western frontier. After the volunteer troops that had garrisoned western forts and camps during the Civil War were withdrawn in 1865, the regular army replaced them. In actions involving American Indians between 1866 and 1891, 875 of these soldiers were killed, mainly in minor skirmishes, while many more died of disease, accident, or effects of the natural environment. What induced these men to enlist for five years and to embrace the grim prospect of combat is one of the enduring questions this book explores. Going well beyond Don Rickey Jr.s classic work Forty Miles a Day on Beans and Hay (1963), McChristian plumbs the regulars accounts for frank descriptions of their training to be soldiers; their daily routines, including what they ate, how they kept clean, and what they did for amusement; the reasons a disproportionate number occasionally deserted, while black soldiers did so only rarely; how the men prepared for field service; and how the majority who survived mustered out. In this richly drawn, uniquely authentic view, men black and white, veteran and tenderfoot, fill in the details of the frontier soldiers experience, giving voice to history in the making.
Дополнительное описание: Military history|History of the Americas|General and world history

Regular Army O!: Soldiering on the Western Frontier, 18651891, McChristian Douglas C.