Fort Concho : A History and a Guide /

"In the fall of 1867 the United States Army established a permanent camp on the plateau where the North and Middle Concho rivers join. In more than twenty years of federal service Fort Concho was home to companies of fifteen regiments in the regular United States Army, including Col. Ranald S....

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Matthews, James T.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Austin : Texas State Historical Association, [2005]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
United States. > Army.
United States. > Army > Military life > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Armed Forces > Military life.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas > Concho River Region.
Texas > Fort Concho.
Concho River Region (Tex.) > History, Military.
Concho River Region (Tex.) > History.
Fort Concho (Tex.) > History.
Military history.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"In the fall of 1867 the United States Army established a permanent camp on the plateau where the North and Middle Concho rivers join. In more than twenty years of federal service Fort Concho was home to companies of fifteen regiments in the regular United States Army, including Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie's Fourth Cavalry and Col. Benjamin Grierson's Tenth Cavalry of buffalo soldiers. The post provided a focal point for major campaigns against the Comanches, Kiowas, and Apaches. Patrols from Fort Concho charted vast areas of West Texas and provided a climate for settlement on the Texas frontier"--Jacket
Description matérielle:1 online resource (100 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780876112823

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