TY  - BOOK
AU  - Matthews,James T.
TI  - Fort Concho: a history and a guide 
T2  - The Fred Rider Cotten popular history series
SN  - 9781461957416
AV  - F394 .F678 2005
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Austin
PB  - Texas State Historical Association
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Military life
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - Texas
KW  - Concho River Region
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - "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
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