The U.S. Army in the West, 1870-1880
Subtitle: Uniforms, Weapons, and Equipment
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: May 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780806127057
Subjects: Uniforms & insignia; Weapons & equipment; United States.; c 1800 to c 1900; History: American; West (U.S.); Military Equipment; Military Uniforms; Uniforms; History; History - Military / War; Military; USA; Infantry; Military - General; Military Science; United States - 19th Century/Old West; Army.; United States; Military - United States; 1860-1890; Army; Equipment
First sentence: WRITING FROM THE HEADQUARTERS of the Thirteenth Infantry in 1875, Colonel Philip Regis De Trobriand observed, "It is a remarkable fact, that the whole story of modern accoutrements can be summed up as a long and obstinate fight between the military governments and authorities, which will persist in loading the soldiers, and the soldiers who will still more obstinately persist in unloading themselves."