Title: Soldiers on the Santa Fe Trail
Authors: Oliva, Leo E.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Year: 1967
Subjects: United States. Military life.; Santa Fe National Historic Trail.; West (U.S.) History, Military.
Abstract: Discusses the military history of the Santa Fe Trail.
Contents: The Santa Fe Trail -- Military Escorts, 1829-1845 -- Effects of the Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Military Protection, 1848-1861 -- Effects of the Civil War, 1861-1865 -- The Soldiers' Life on the Trail, 1865-1880