Title: Cavalry life in tent and field
Description: Begins with marriage and hardships of travel and life in the army including finances. Discusses visiting with Indians; enlisted men, officers and wives; lawlessness; housing; medical needs and care; and geography and scenery. Starts with complaints about the West and ends with a love of it. Covers California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and visits to Denver, St. Louis, Chicago and New York City.
Subjects: Army spouses, Biography, Description and travel, History, Military life, United States, United States. Army, Cavalry, Frontier and pioneer life, United States. Army. Cavalry
Places: West (U.S.)
People: Orsemus Bronson Boyd (d. 1885), Orsemus Bronson Boyd Mrs
Time periods: 1860-1890