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Kearny's Dragoons out west : the birth of the U.S. Cavalry /

Having banished eastern Native peoples to lands west of the Mississippi, President Andrew Jackson's government by 1833 needed a new type of soldier to keep displaced Indians from returning home. And so the 1st Dragoons came into being. Will and John Gorenfeld tell their story, an epic of explor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gorenfeld, Will, 1942- (Author), Gorenfeld, John (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]
Subjects:
United States. > Army. > Regiment of Dragoons, 1st > History.
Kearny, Stephen Watts, > 1794-1848.
United States. > Army. > Cavalry > History > 19th century.
West (U.S.) > History, Military > 19th century.
West (U.S.) > History > To 1848.
Soldiers > West (U.S.) > Biography.
United States > Territorial expansion > History > 19th century.
Indians of North America > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Indians of North America > Government relations > 1789-1869.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Regimental histories.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
HISTORY / Military / United States.

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