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The Old Army in Texas : A Research Guide to the U.S. Army in Nineteenth Century Texas
Title
The Old Army in Texas : A Research Guide to the U.S. Army in Nineteenth Century Texas / by Thomas T. Smith.
ISBN
9781625110619
9781625110602
Edition
Second edition.
Publication
Austin : Texas State Historical Association, [2020]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©[2020]
Physical Description
1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations, maps
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"A classic work in Texas military, The Old Army in Texas is now available in paperback with a new foreword by Robert Wooster. U.S. Army officer and historian Thomas "Ty" Smith presents a comprehensive and authoritative single-source reference for the activities of the regular army in the Lone Star State during the nineteenth century. Beginning with a series of maps that sketch the evolution of fort locations on the frontier, Smith furnishes an overview with his introductory essay. The second part of this guide lists the departmental commanders, the location of the military headquarters, and the changes in the administrative organization and military titles for Texas. Part III provides a dictionary of 223 posts, forts, and camps in the state. The fourth part gives a year by year snapshot of total army strength in the state, the regiments assigned, and the garrisons and commanders of each major fort and camp. Supplying the only such synopsis of its kind, the guide's Part V offers a chronological description of 224 U.S. Army combat actions in the Indian Wars with vivid details of each engagement. The 900 entries in the selected bibliography of Part VI are divided topically into sections on biographical sources and regimental histories, histories of forts, garrison life, civil-military relations, the Mexican War, and frontier operations. The Old Army in Texas is an indispensable reference and research tool for students, scholars, and military history aficionados. It will be of great value to those interested in Texas history, especially military history and local and regional studies. This superb reference work is illustrated with a number of maps and rare photographs of the U.S. Army in nineteenth century Texas"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project Muse books annual backfile collection 2022.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Contents
Foreword / Robert Wooster
Introduction
U.S. Army Combat Operations in the Indian Wars of Texas, 1849-1881
Commanders and Organization, Department of Texas, 1848-1900
U.S Army Sites in Texas, 1836-1900
Post Garrisons, 1836-1900
Summary of U.S. Army Combat Actions in the Indian Wars of Texas, 1849-1881
Selected Bibliography of the U.S. Army in Nineteenth-Century Texas
Research Sources for Regular Army Soldiers and Units
Histories of Forts, Garrison Life, and Civil-Military Relations in Texas
The Mexican War, 1846-1848
Army Operations on the Texas Frontier, 1848-1900.
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Bibliographies.
Military history.
History.
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