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04401aam a22005658i 4500 001 47E02DF44DCE11E89F5D1D5C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180502010046 008 180205s2018 ncua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018003896 020 $a 147666725X 020 $a 9781476667256 035 $a (OCoLC)1005187812 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCA $d OCLCQ $d WIH $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-usp-- $a n-usp-- 050 00 $a UA25 $b .H44 2018 082 00 $a 355.3/38097309034 $2 23 100 1 $a Haymond, John A., $d 1967- $e author. 245 14 $a The American soldier, 1866/1916 : $b the enlisted man and the transformation of the United States Army / $c John A. Haymond. 246 30 $a Enlisted man and the transformation of the United States Army 263 $a 1803 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2018] 300 $a viii, 333 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 26 cmcm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-330) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: History and heritage -- After Appomattox: The Army in Decline -- Fetterman's Chance: The fight on Lodge Trail Ridge -- Joining up: enlisting in the Army -- Against the odds: The Hayfield and Wagon Box Fights -- Drill and marksmanship: learning the soldier's trade -- Soldiering on the frontier: "Bring enough money to pay your own funeral expenses" -- Shoulder straps and chevrons: privates, NCOs and officers -- Books and baseball: soldiers' entertainments -- Bacon, bread and coffee: Army rations -- "The curse of the Army": alcohol and the soldier -- Hard, horse-killing marches: campaigning on the frontier -- Crime and punishment: "A 24-pound ball on a six-foot chain" -- Patrol, Pursuit and skirmish: The nature of combat in the Indian Wars -- The desertion problem: "Giving the Army the grand bounce" The color line: The Army and race -- "Mr. Lo": The soldier and the Indian -- Politics and a massacre: The Army's quest for control of the Indian Bureau -- "A damned big fight": The 7th Cavalry at the Little Big Horn -- The end of an era: The Pine Ridge Campaign and Wounded Knee -- The War with Spain: A different Army for a different war -- Waiting in the wings: The Spanish-American War in the training camps -- Scandal and reform: The Aftermath of the Spanish-American War -- "A diabolical threat": The anti-canteen campaign -- Soldiers of empire: The Army in the Philippines -- The War in the Philippines: "Battles we never enlisted for ..." -- Into Mexico: The 1916 Punitive Expedition -- Conclusion: The gathering storm -- Appendix: Major campaigns and combat engagements of the Indian Wars, 1866/1890. 520 $a "Following the Civil War, the U.S. Army underwent a decline. Soldiers served at remote posts with harsh weather, bad food and poor living conditions. 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 more"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army $x History $y 19th century. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army $x Reorganization. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army $x History $y 20th century. 610 17 $a United States. $b Army. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00533532 650 0 $a Soldiers $z United States $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Soldiers $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a West (U.S.) $x History, Military $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Indians of North America $x Wars. 651 0 $a United States $x History, Military $y 19th century. 651 0 $a United States $x History, Military $y 20th century. 650 7 $a Armed Forces $x Reorganization. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01351884 650 7 $a Indians of North America $x Wars. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00969954 650 7 $a Soldiers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01125233 650 7 $a Soldiers $x Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01125310 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 651 7 $a United States, West. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01243255 648 7 $a 1800-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Military history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411630 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180605014202.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=47E02DF44DCE11E89F5D1D5C97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search