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Regular Army O! : soldiering on the Western frontier, 1865-1891 / Douglas C. McChristian ; foreword by Robert M. Utley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McChristian, Douglas C., author.
- Utley, Robert M., 1929-2022, author of foreword.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century.
- United States.
- United States. Army.
- Soldiers.
- Social conditions.
- History.
- West (U.S.)--History, Military--19th century.
- West (U.S.).
- Soldiers--West (U.S.)--Social conditions--19th century.
- Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Soldiers' writings, American.
- Armed Forces--Military life.
- Soldiers--Social conditions.
- West United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 762 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- "Uses the testimony of enlisted soldiers--drawn from more than 350 diaries, letters, and memoirs--to create a vivid picture of life in an evolving post-Civil War Army on the western frontier."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- "Taking to soldiering": enlistment
- "We are kept pretty busy": life at the recruiting depot
- "Don't grieve after me": the journey west
- "Deployed as skirmishers": regiments and companies in the West
- Brain, bone, and sinew: officers and noncoms
- "It is just dragging out a miserable existence": forts and garrison routine
- "The bed bugs are too numerous for me to sleep": some material aspects of Army life
- "Offensive in every particular": medicine, hygiene, and sanitation
- "It is so lonesome out here": the domestic side of enlisted life
- "We have our little amusements": recreation and pastimes
- "The moral condition is very poor": the seamy side of enlisted life
- "There are a great many deserting from our regiment": the problem of desertion
- "I will see some real Wild-West life": preparing for
- Field service
- "More than I ever thought I could bear": life in the field
- "Our orders were to go after them": regulars and red men
- "The government pays you to get shot at": combat
- "Thank god I am done soldiering": enlistment's end
- Appendixes
- A. 1872 Army pay table
- B. Glossary of Army slang
- Selected regular Army ballads
- Enlisted soldiers whose personal accounts of
- Service were consulted for this book.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806156958
- 0806156953
- OCLC:
- 962017112
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