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soldiering on the Western frontier, 1865-1891
Uses the testimony of enlisted soldiers, drawn from more than 350 diaries, letters and memoirs, to create a vivid picture of life in an evolving post-Civil War Army on the western frontier.
"Taking to soldiering": enlistment -- "We are kept pretty busy": life at the recruiting depot -- "Don't grieve after me": the journey west -- "Deployed as skirmishers": regiments and companies in the West -- Brain, bone, and sinew: officers and noncoms -- "It is just dragging out a miserable existence": forts and garrison routine -- "The bed bugs are too numerous for me to sleep": some material aspects of Army life -- "Offensive in every particular": medicine, hygiene, and sanitation -- "It is so lonesome out here": the domestic side of enlisted life -- "We have our little amusements": recreation and pastimes -- "The moral condition is very poor": the seamy side of enlisted life -- "There are a great many deserting from our regiment": the problem of desertion -- "I will see some real Wild-West life": preparing for -- Field service -- "More than I ever thought I could bear": life in the field -- "Our orders were to go after them": regulars and red men -- "The government pays you to get shot at": combat -- "Thank god I am done soldiering": enlistment's end -- Appendixes -- A. 1872 Army pay table -- B. Glossary of Army slang -- Selected regular Army ballads -- Enlisted soldiers whose personal accounts of -- Service were consulted for this book.
Douglas C. McChristian ; foreword by Robert M. Utley.
Includes bibliographical references and index.