Fort Selden, New Mexico, 1865-1891
Subtitle: the birth, life, and death of a frontier fort in New Mexico
By: by Allan J. Holmes ; illustrations by Katherine Frietze.
Series: A New Mexico centennial history series book
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Fe
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780865347373
Subjects: United States. -- Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- Fort Selden; Soldiers -- New Mexico -- Fort Selden -- History -- 19th century; Community life -- New Mexico -- Fort Selden -- History -- 19th century; Fort Selden (N.M.) -- History; Fort Selden (N.M.) -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Birth of a fort; title: Necessity; title: Location; title: Construction; title: Life at the fort; title: Manpower; title: The quantity and quality of soldiers; title: Sanitation; title: Black and White relations; title: Civilians and the distaff; title: Diversions; title: Conduct of military operations; title: Patrol and scout operations; title: Responses to raids and ambushes; title: Picket and escort duty; title: Communications; title: Day-to-day operations; title: Training; title: Logistics; title: Feeding Fort Selden's soldiers; title: The quest for water; title: Fuel; title: Equipment; title: Feed for the animals; title: Transportation; title: Relationships with the local communities; title: Relief efforts; title: Boundary disputes; title: Troubles with the post trader; title: Parties and baseball games; title: Death of a fort; title: Appendix: Fort Selden commanders and units, 1865-1891.