Army Regulars on the Western Frontier

By Durwood Ball

Book Overview

Deployed to posts from the Missouri River to the Pacific in 1848, the United States Army undertook an old mission on frontiers new to the United States: occupying the western territories; suppressing American Indian resistance; keeping the peace among feuding Indians, Hispanics, and Anglos; and consolidating United States sovereignty in the region.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806133120
• ISBN13: 9780806133126
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"