Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars, 1865-1890. Volume five, The army and the Indian / edited by Peter Cozzens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cozzens, Peter, 1957- editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

James Lader Fund.

Series:

Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars, 1865-1890 ; volume 5.

Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars, 1865-1890 ; volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Wars.

Indians of North America--Government relations--19th century.

Scouting (Reconnaissance)--West (U.S.)--19th century.

Scouting (Reconnaissance).

Indians of North America--Government relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 532 pages) : illustrations.

polychrome

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Army and the Indian

Place of Publication:

Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, [2005]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In the years after the Civil War, the American West was still an untamed frontier, a fierce battleground where the preservation of law and order was nearly impossible. Following the mining boom, land-hungry settlers flooded west, but were impeded by the unwillingness of native peoples to relinquish the territory they had held for generations. Antagonism between the Indians and settlers soon escalated into violent clashes, necessitating the intervention of the U.S. military and sparking the so-called "Indian Wars."

Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars, 1865-1890: The Army and the Indian is the fifth and final volume of a series that seeks to tell the saga of the military struggle for the American West in the words of the soldiers, non-combatants, and Native Americans who shaped it. Most of the accounts here are taken from contemporaneous newspapers, magazines, or unpublished manuscripts and are presented as they originally appeared, with annotations to correct errors of fact, clarify obscure references, provide historical context where needed, offer capsule biographies of contributors, and identify more fully persons mentioned in the text.

Each of the previous volumes concentrated on a particular region or conflict. This concluding installment moves beyond that geographic focus and offers a more general perspective on the post-Civil War frontier army and its relationship with the Native American residents of the West. Subjects include sketches of key military figures and their campaigns; narratives of army wives, junior officers, and enlisted men; accounts of garrison life; writings and speeches of army officers on Indian policy; narratives of army scouts; and discussions of Indian-fighting doctrine and tactics. Among the authors are William T. Sherman, James A. Garfield, Nelson A. Miles, Elizabeth Custer, and George Crook.

Contents:

The frontier army, 1865-90

The "Indian Question"

Prominent commanders and their campaigns

Officers and enlisted men

Women on the military frontier

Army scouts and Indian auxiliaries

Army forts and camps

The army and the Indians

Appendix: A basic Indian Wars library.

Notes:

Maps on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 08, 2018).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Lader Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Army and the Indian

ISBN:

9780811749534

0811749533

Publisher Number:

99988122926

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.