Army Regulars on the Western Frontier

Deployed to posts from the Missouri River to the Pacific in 1848, the United States Army undertook an old mission on frontiers new to the United States: occupying the western territories; suppressing American Indian resistance; keeping the peace among feuding Indians, Hispanics, and Anglos; and consolidating United States sovereignty in the region.

• | Author: Durwood Ball
• | Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 15, 2001
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0806133120
• | ISBN-13: 9780806133126