A long march : the lives of Frank and Alice Baldwin / Robert H. Steinbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinbach, Robert H. (Robert Hugh), 1940- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baldwin, Frank Dwight, 1842-1923.

Baldwin, Frank Dwight.

Baldwin, Alice Blackwood, approximately 1845-1930.

Baldwin, Alice Blackwood.

Soldiers--West (U.S.)--Biography.

Soldiers.

Officers' spouses--West (U.S.)--Biography.

Officers' spouses.

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

Indians of North America.

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.

West (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, 1989.

Summary:

During a distinguished military career, in which he rose to the rank of brigadier general and twice won the Medal of Honor, Frank Baldwin saw service in the Civil War, the Indian wars on the Great Plains, and the Spanish-American War. His wife, Alice Blackwood Baldwin, shared the "long march" with him, from his Plains service onward. In this first biography of the Baldwins, Robert Steinbach combines military and personal history to vividly portray a marriage that survived both the harshness of frontier army life and the restrictive Victorian concept of "separate spheres" for husband and wife. Drawing on a wealth of diaries, letters, and other family papers, Steinbach re-creates the Baldwins' life on the Plains. Moving from post to post in Kansas, New Mexico, Montana, North Dakota, and Texas, they faced danger, excitement, separations, poverty, and many other hardships. Frequently they clashed over Alice's desire to be something more than "an ornament to society"—a wish eventually granted as Frank's long absences and chronic ill health required Allie to take responsibility for herself and their daughter. With insights into military campaigns on the Great Plains in the years 1865–1890 and a revealing look at the human side of those campaigns, A Long March will appeal to a wide audience.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Prologue

1 Beginnings

2 "Mud and Romance"

3 Return to the Plains

4 The Red River War

5 The Montana War

6 Hard Service

7 The Close of the Frontier

8 The Philippine Insurrection

9 Retirement

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-76177-5

OCLC:

1280945656