The old army in the Big Bend of Texas : the last cavalry frontier, 1911-1921 /

Even before Pancho Villa's 1916 raid on Columbus, New Mexico and the following punitive expedition under General John J. Pershing, the U.S. Army was strengthening its presence on the southwestern border in response to the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Manning forty-one small outposts along a thre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Thomas T., 1950- (Author)
Other Authors:	Keller, David W. (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Austin : Texas State Historical Association, [2018].
Subjects:	United States. > Army. > Cavalry, 8th > History. Big Bend Region (Tex.) > History, Military > 20th century. Mexico > History > Revolution, 1910-1920 > Cavalry operations.

Table of Contents:

The old army returns to the Big Bend, 1911-1915
Villa and the great call-up, 1916
Kingdom of the Eighth Cavalry, 1917-1919
Twilight of the old army, 1920-1921
A brief history of army outposts and stations in the Big Bend, 1911-1921
U.S. Army commanders, Big Bend, 1912-1926
U.S. Army regiments in the Big Bend, 1911-1921
U.S. Army unit locations and chronology, Big Bend, 1911-1921.