Title: The frontier Army :
Authors: Paul, R. Eli,
Date: 2019
Publisher: South Dakota Historical Society Press,
Physical description: 189 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: F
Abstract: "A selection of essays, compiled by R. Eli Paul, on the diverse experiences of those in and associated with the Regular Army stationed on the Great Plains, highlighting fights with and suffering of American Indians, the monotony of Army life, and how the soldiers are remembered today"--
Contents: Introduction: The frontier Army remembered / R. Eli Paul -- Harney's aide-de-camp at the Blue Water fight, 1855 : a letter by Marshall T. Polk II, United States Army / R. Eli Paul -- The Fourth United States Artillery and the Great Sioux War : source material / Paul L. Hedren -- Shoot today and kill tomorrow : the function and evolution of artillery during the Indian campaigns, 1866-1890 / Douglas C. McChristian -- No time to fight : recreation in the frontier Army / Lori A. Cox-Paul -- "A very good friend to the Army" : the frontier soldier in the Western art of Frederic Remington / Brian W. Dippie -- Lakota perspectives on Wounded Knee, 1890 / Jerome A. Greene -- Remembering the Buffalo soldiers : memorials to black soldiers of the Indian-war era / Frank N. Schubert.
Subject headings (LCSH): Frontier and pioneer life--Great Plains.; Great Plains--History, Military--19th century.; Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895.; Indians of North America--Wars--Great Plains.; Soldiers--Great Plains--History--19th century.; United States. Army--History--19th century.; United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century.