In the years following the Civil War, the U.S. Army underwent a professional decline. Soldiers served their enlistments at remote, nameless posts from Arizona to Alaska. Harsh weather, bad food and poor conditions were adversaries as dangerous as Indian raiders. Yet under these circumstances, men continued to enlist for $13 a month. Drawing on soldiers' narratives, personal letters and official records, the author explores the common soldier's experience during the Reconstruction Era, the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine-American War and the Punitive Expedition into Mexico.…mehr
In the years following the Civil War, the U.S. Army underwent a professional decline. Soldiers served their enlistments at remote, nameless posts from Arizona to Alaska. Harsh weather, bad food and poor conditions were adversaries as dangerous as Indian raiders. Yet under these circumstances, men continued to enlist for $13 a month. Drawing on soldiers' narratives, personal letters and official records, the author explores the common soldier's experience during the Reconstruction Era, the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine-American War and the Punitive Expedition into Mexico.
John A. Haymond is a conflict historian; his research focuses on the history of the U.S. Army, the laws of war and the impact of war on society. He retired from the army in 2009 and resides in Yelm, Washington.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: History and Heritage 1. After Appomattox: The Army in Decline 2. Fetterman's Chance: The Fight on Lodge Trail Ridge 3. Joining Up: Enlisting in the Army 4. Against the Odds: The Hayfield and Wagon Box Fights 5. Drill and Marksmanship: Learning the Soldier's Trade 6. Soldiering on the Frontier: "Bring enough money to pay your own funeral expenses" 7. Shoulder Straps and Chevrons: Privates, NCOs and Officers 8. Books and Baseball: Soldiers' Entertainments 9. Bacon, Bread and Coffee: Army Rations 10. "The curse of the army": Alcohol and the Soldier 11. Hard, Horse-Killing Marches: Campaigning on the Frontier 12. Crime and Punishment: "A 24-pound ball on a six-foot chain" 13. Patrol, Pursuit and Skirmish: The Nature of Combat in the Indian Wars 14. The Desertion Problem: "Giving the army the grand bounce" 15. The Color Line: The Army and Race 16. "Mr. Lo": The Soldier and the Indian 17. Politics and a Massacre: The Army's Quest for Control of the Indian Bureau 18. "A damned big fight": The 7th Cavalry at the Little Big Horn 19. The End of an Era: The Pine Ridge Campaign and Wounded Knee 20. The War with Spain: A Different Army for a Different War 21. Waiting in the Wings: The Spanish-American War in the Training Camps 22. Scandal and Reform: The Aftermath of the Spanish-American War 23. "A diabolical threat": The Anti-Canteen Campaign 24. Soldiers of Empire: The Army in the Philippines 25. The War in the Philippines: "Battles we never enlisted for..." 26. Into Mexico: The 1916 Punitive Expedition Conclusion: The Gathering Storm Appendix: Major Campaigns and Combat Engagements of the Indian Wars, 1866-1890 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: History and Heritage 1. After Appomattox: The Army in Decline 2. Fetterman's Chance: The Fight on Lodge Trail Ridge 3. Joining Up: Enlisting in the Army 4. Against the Odds: The Hayfield and Wagon Box Fights 5. Drill and Marksmanship: Learning the Soldier's Trade 6. Soldiering on the Frontier: "Bring enough money to pay your own funeral expenses" 7. Shoulder Straps and Chevrons: Privates, NCOs and Officers 8. Books and Baseball: Soldiers' Entertainments 9. Bacon, Bread and Coffee: Army Rations 10. "The curse of the army": Alcohol and the Soldier 11. Hard, Horse-Killing Marches: Campaigning on the Frontier 12. Crime and Punishment: "A 24-pound ball on a six-foot chain" 13. Patrol, Pursuit and Skirmish: The Nature of Combat in the Indian Wars 14. The Desertion Problem: "Giving the army the grand bounce" 15. The Color Line: The Army and Race 16. "Mr. Lo": The Soldier and the Indian 17. Politics and a Massacre: The Army's Quest for Control of the Indian Bureau 18. "A damned big fight": The 7th Cavalry at the Little Big Horn 19. The End of an Era: The Pine Ridge Campaign and Wounded Knee 20. The War with Spain: A Different Army for a Different War 21. Waiting in the Wings: The Spanish-American War in the Training Camps 22. Scandal and Reform: The Aftermath of the Spanish-American War 23. "A diabolical threat": The Anti-Canteen Campaign 24. Soldiers of Empire: The Army in the Philippines 25. The War in the Philippines: "Battles we never enlisted for..." 26. Into Mexico: The 1916 Punitive Expedition Conclusion: The Gathering Storm Appendix: Major Campaigns and Combat Engagements of the Indian Wars, 1866-1890 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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