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Book Fort Bascom

    Book Details:
  • Author : James Bailey Blackshear
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 2016-03-18
  • ISBN : 0806154268
  • Pages : 273 pages

Download or read book Fort Bascom written by James Bailey Blackshear and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-03-18 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motorists traveling along State Highway 104 north of Tucumcari, New Mexico, may notice a sign indicating the location of Fort Bascom. The post itself is long gone, its adobe walls washed away. In 1863, the United States, fearing a second Confederate invasion of New Mexico Territory from Texas, built Fort Bascom. Until 1874, the troops stationed at this site on the Eroded Plains along the Canadian River defended Hispanic and Anglo-American settlements in eastern New Mexico and far western Texas against Comanches and other Southern Plains Indians. In Fort Bascom, James Bailey Blackshear presents the definitive history of this critical outpost in the American Southwest, along with a detailed view of army life on the late-nineteenth-century western frontier. Located in the middle of what General William T. Sherman called “an awful country,” Fort Bascom’s hardships went beyond the army’s efforts to control the Comanches and Kiowas. Blackshear shows the difficulties of maintaining a post in a harsh environment where scarce water and forage, long supply lines, poorly constructed facilities, and monotonous duty tested soldiers’ endurance. Fort Bascom also describes the social aspects of a frontier assignment and the impact of the Comanchero trade on military personnel and objectives, showing just how difficult it was for the army to subdue the Southern Plains Indians. Crucial to this enterprise were logistics, including procurement from civilian contractors of everything from beef to hay. Blackshear examines the strong links between New Mexican Comancheros and Comanches, detailing how the lure of illegal profits drew former military personnel into this black-market economy and revealing the influence of the Comanchero trade on Southwestern history. This first full account of the unique challenges soldiers faced on the Texas frontier during and after the Civil War restores Fort Bascom to its rightful place in the history of the U.S. military and of U.S.-Indian relations in the American Southwest.

Book Fort Bascom

    Book Details:
  • Author : James Bailey Blackshear
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 2016-03-18
  • ISBN : 080615425X
  • Pages : 235 pages

Download or read book Fort Bascom written by James Bailey Blackshear and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-03-18 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motorists traveling along State Highway 104 north of Tucumcari, New Mexico, may notice a sign indicating the location of Fort Bascom. The post itself is long gone, its adobe walls washed away. In 1863, the United States, fearing a second Confederate invasion of New Mexico Territory from Texas, built Fort Bascom. Until 1874, the troops stationed at this site on the Eroded Plains along the Canadian River defended Hispanic and Anglo-American settlements in eastern New Mexico and far western Texas against Comanches and other Southern Plains Indians. In Fort Bascom, James Bailey Blackshear presents the definitive history of this critical outpost in the American Southwest, along with a detailed view of army life on the late-nineteenth-century western frontier. Located in the middle of what General William T. Sherman called “an awful country,” Fort Bascom’s hardships went beyond the army’s efforts to control the Comanches and Kiowas. Blackshear shows the difficulties of maintaining a post in a harsh environment where scarce water and forage, long supply lines, poorly constructed facilities, and monotonous duty tested soldiers’ endurance. Fort Bascom also describes the social aspects of a frontier assignment and the impact of the Comanchero trade on military personnel and objectives, showing just how difficult it was for the army to subdue the Southern Plains Indians. Crucial to this enterprise were logistics, including procurement from civilian contractors of everything from beef to hay. Blackshear examines the strong links between New Mexican Comancheros and Comanches, detailing how the lure of illegal profits drew former military personnel into this black-market economy and revealing the influence of the Comanchero trade on Southwestern history. This first full account of the unique challenges soldiers faced on the Texas frontier during and after the Civil War restores Fort Bascom to its rightful place in the history of the U.S. military and of U.S.-Indian relations in the American Southwest.

Book Frontier Forts and Outposts of New Mexico

Download or read book Frontier Forts and Outposts of New Mexico written by Donna Blake Birchell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in early New Mexico was often perilous. Geographic isolation attracted outlaws and ruffians, and skirmishes often arose between the indigenous tribes and settlers. In response, the U.S. government set up military forts and outposts to protect its new citizens. These strongholds include Fort Craig, where logs were made to look like cannons to fool Confederate troops. Kit Carson, John Pershing and Billy the Kid all called Fort Stanton home, before it became the first federal tuberculosis sanatorium and later a detention center for German prisoners of war. Author Donna Blake Birchell relates little-known yet highly important Civil War battles, the tragedies of the Navajo and Mescalero Apache internments and other dramatic frontier stories.

Book The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars  1607   1890  3 volumes

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars 1607 1890 3 volumes written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 1393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia provides a broad, in-depth, and multidisciplinary look at the causes and effects of warfare between whites and Native Americans, encompassing nearly three centuries of history. The Battle of the Wabash: the U.S. Army's single worst defeat at the hands of Native American forces. The Battle of Wounded Knee: an unfortunate, unplanned event that resulted in the deaths of more than 150 Lakota Sioux men, women, and children. These and other engagements between white settlers and Native Americans were events of profound historical significance, resulting in social, political, and cultural changes for both ethnic populations, the lasting effects of which are clearly seen today. The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607–1890: A Political, Social, and Military History provides comprehensive coverage of almost 300 years of North American Indian Wars. Beginning with the first Indian-settler conflicts that arose in the early 1600s, this three-volume work covers all noteworthy battles between whites and Native Americans through the Battle of Wounded Knee in December 1890. The book provides detailed biographies of military, social, religious, and political leaders and covers the social and cultural aspects of the Indian wars. Also supplied are essays on every major tribe, as well as all significant battles, skirmishes, and treaties.

Book Roadside New Mexico

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  • Author : David Pike
  • Publisher : UNM Press
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780826331182
  • Pages : 444 pages

Download or read book Roadside New Mexico written by David Pike and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people, geological features, and historic events that have made New Mexico what it is today are commemorated in over 350 historic markers along the state's roads. This guide is designed to fill in the gaps and answer the questions those markers provoke.

Book House documents

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1884
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1188 pages

Download or read book House documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Forts of the West

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  • Author : Robert Walter Frazer
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 1965
  • ISBN : 9780806112503
  • Pages : 308 pages

Download or read book Forts of the West written by Robert Walter Frazer and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number and variety of forts and posts, together with changes of location, name, and designation, have posed perplexing problems for students of western history. Now Robert W. Frazer has prepared a systematic listing of all presidios and military forts, which were ever, at any time and in any sense, so designated. The lists of posts are arranged alphabetically within the boundaries of present states. Pertinent information is included for each fort: date of establishment, location, and reason for establishment; name, rank, and military unit of the person establishing the post; origin of the post name and changes in name and location; present status or date of abandonment; and disposition of any existing military reservation. A map for each state shows the location of the posts discussed. A prime reference for historians, Forts of the West will prove useful to readers of western history as well.

Book Charles Goodnight

Download or read book Charles Goodnight written by J. Evetts Haley and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1981-09-01 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the Texas cowboy who was one of the first permanent settlers of the Panhandle, developed the chuck wagon and the sidesaddle, and experimented with plants and animals.

Book Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America

Download or read book Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1950-19 contained treaties and international agreements issued by the Secretary of State as United States treaties and other international agreements.

Book Condition of the Indian Tribes

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  • Author : United States. Congress. Joint Special Committee to Inquire into the Condition of the Indian Tribes
  • Publisher : Kraus Reprint. Company
  • Release : 1973
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 544 pages

Download or read book Condition of the Indian Tribes written by United States. Congress. Joint Special Committee to Inquire into the Condition of the Indian Tribes and published by Kraus Reprint. Company. This book was released on 1973 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report (p.1-10) is followed by an Appendix ([ii]+532 p.) containing letters, field dispatches, and military orders on the progress of the Indian Wars in 1862-65, and depositions and letters from Indian Agents in 1865 replying to questions from the Office of Indian Affairs.

Book Senate Documents

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  • Author : United States Senate
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1867
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 664 pages

Download or read book Senate Documents written by United States Senate and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report of the Quartermaster General of the Operations of the Quartermaster s Department for the Fiscal Year Ending on the

Download or read book Annual Report of the Quartermaster General of the Operations of the Quartermaster s Department for the Fiscal Year Ending on the written by United States. Quartermaster General's Office and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on the activities and accomplishments of the Quartermaster's Dept. regarding fiscal matters, transportation, clothing, equipment and other supplies of the Army; also discusses the maintenance of supplies and national military cemeteries.

Book Miscellaneous Documents

Download or read book Miscellaneous Documents written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book House Documents  Otherwise Publ  as Executive Documents

Download or read book House Documents Otherwise Publ as Executive Documents written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Kit Carson Days  1809 1868

Download or read book Kit Carson Days 1809 1868 written by Edwin Legrand Sabin and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: