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.

Table of Contents:

Henry Dodge and the birth of the U.S. Cavalry
Dragoons on the Plains, 1834-1835 : the first expeditions
1836 : Kearny takes command
The Snively incident : dragoons on the Santa Fe Trail
Soldiers four : Sumner, Allen, Wharton, and Carleton
1845 : exploration, peacekeeping, and preparation for conquest
Kearny and his dragoons at war
The Battle of San Pasqual : a glass to the dead already and here's to the next man to die
Love's defeat at Coon Creeks
The war in Mexico : from Buena Vista's mountain chain to the adobe walls of Santa Cruz de Rosales.