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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.

The American Soldier 18661916

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/22/2018 12:03:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781476667256, 978-1476667256
      ISBN10: 147666725X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.

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