Title: Frontier Cavalry Trooper
Description: "Douglas C. McChristian has struck the mother lode with the publication of Frontier Cavalry Trooper: The Letters of Private Eddie Matthews, 1869-1874. . . . With editor McChristian's expert help, readers learn much about the tedium of frontier military service, punctuated by brief bursts of excitement in pursuit of deserters, criminals, or hostile Indians. . . . Correspondence from enlisted men serving in the frontier army is rare; letters of this breadth and depth provide unique insight into the everyday life of the common soldier in the post-Civil War Southwest."
Subjects: United states, army, biography, United states, army, military life, Indians of north america, wars, 1815-1865, Indians of north america, biography, Soldiers, correspondence, Soldiers, united states, Frontier and pioneer life, new mexico, Fort union (n.m.), New mexico, history, Correspondence, Military life, Frontier and pioneer life, Indians of North America, Military History, Wars, United States, United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 8th, Soldiers, United States. Army, Biography, History