The U.S. Army in the West, 1870–1880: Uniforms, Weapons, and Equipment
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (745 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806137827 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazon Customer said great companion. Well researched, great companion book. It doesn't get any better Doug McChristian was the Chief Historian at the Little Bighorn National Monument (formerly the Custer Battlefield) when this excellent book was published in 1995. He had access to the museum there including the countless bits and pieces of equipment that soldiers typically carried to Custer's Last Stand.This is required reading for students of the Custer Fight or anybody interested in the Frontier Ar. McChristian's Indian War US Army Equipment & Uniforms Glenn A. Sousa What has and will be for sometime to comethe quintessential work on the US Armys equipment and uniforms of its late Indian War eraMcChristian's volume is loaded with excellent photos and textdetailing weapons, clothing, leather gear, and personal itemsthat the Regular Army soldier used to sustain his existance at a time when military spending was frugal to say the least in a post-Civil War political
The U.S. McChristian describes the development of army uniforms, equipment, and small arms during a pivotal decade of experimentation and against the backdrop of a highly influential military operation-the Indian campaigns in the West.McChristian discusses the evolution of military clothing, equipment, and arms throughout the decade and fully describes each type of item and its modifications. Drawing much new information from the records of the Ordnance and Quartermaster departments, he also adds the human perspective with excerpts from previously unpublished 1875 field reports.Lavishly illustrated with more than two hundred photographs gathered from public and private collections across the nation, this book is an invaluable reference for collectors, curators, and students of militaria and of the colorful frontier era.. Army in the West, 1870-1880, Douglas C
Douglas C. McChristian is a retired research historian for the National Park Service and a former National Park Service field historian at Fort Davis and Fort Laramie National Historic Sites and at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. He is the author of numerous books, including Fort Bowie, Arizona: Combat Post of the Southwest, 1858–1894 and Fort La
Until the publication of this volume, much of the information was available in primarily bits and pieces: here enjoy a chronological treatment which places events in their proper order. -- Midwest Book Review. Uniforms, weapons and equipment are the focus of this specific catalogue, which covers the years 1870-1880 and which describes the development of Army uniforms and styles