Fort Concho : a history and a guide /
Matthews, James T.
Fort Concho : a history and a guide / by James T. Matthews. - Austin : Texas State Historical Association, (c)2005. - 1 online resource (73 pages) : illustrations. - The Fred Rider Cotten popular history series ; number 18 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
On the plateau where the rivers join : building Fort Concho -- Mackenzie's Raiders : securing the Texas frontier -- Squarely fought : the district of the Pecos and the campaign against Victorio -- Fort Concho blues : the soldiers' life on post -- Civilizing the frontier : chaplains, surgeons, and sutlers -- The last bugle call : abandoning Fort Concho.
"In the fall of 1867 the United States Army established a permanent camp on the plateau where the North and Middle Concho rivers join. In more than twenty years of federal service Fort Concho was home to companies of fifteen regiments in the regular United States Army, including Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie's Fourth Cavalry and Col. Benjamin Grierson's Tenth Cavalry of buffalo soldiers. The post provided a focal point for major campaigns against the Comanches, Kiowas, and Apaches. Patrols from Fort Concho charted vast areas of West Texas and provided a climate for settlement on the Texas frontier"--Jacket.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781461957416
United States. Army --Military life--History--19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life--Texas--Concho River Region.
Electronic Books.
F394 / .F678 2005
Fort Concho : a history and a guide / by James T. Matthews. - Austin : Texas State Historical Association, (c)2005. - 1 online resource (73 pages) : illustrations. - The Fred Rider Cotten popular history series ; number 18 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
On the plateau where the rivers join : building Fort Concho -- Mackenzie's Raiders : securing the Texas frontier -- Squarely fought : the district of the Pecos and the campaign against Victorio -- Fort Concho blues : the soldiers' life on post -- Civilizing the frontier : chaplains, surgeons, and sutlers -- The last bugle call : abandoning Fort Concho.
"In the fall of 1867 the United States Army established a permanent camp on the plateau where the North and Middle Concho rivers join. In more than twenty years of federal service Fort Concho was home to companies of fifteen regiments in the regular United States Army, including Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie's Fourth Cavalry and Col. Benjamin Grierson's Tenth Cavalry of buffalo soldiers. The post provided a focal point for major campaigns against the Comanches, Kiowas, and Apaches. Patrols from Fort Concho charted vast areas of West Texas and provided a climate for settlement on the Texas frontier"--Jacket.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781461957416
United States. Army --Military life--History--19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life--Texas--Concho River Region.
Electronic Books.
F394 / .F678 2005