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Army regulars on the western frontier, 1848-1861

"Deployed to posts from the Missouri River to the Pacific in 1848, the United States Army undertook an old mission on the frontiers new to the United States: occupying the western territories; suppressing American Indian resistance; keeping the peace among feuding Indians, Hispanics, and Anglos...

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Main Author: Ball, Durwood, 1960-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2001]
Physical Description: xxxi, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
United States. -- Army -- History -- 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1789-1869.
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Civil-military relations -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Violence -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
West (U.S.) -- History, Military -- 19th century.
United States -- Military policy.
West (U.S.) -- Race relations.

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