Uniforms, Arms, And Equipment. The U.S. Army On The Western Frontier, 1880-1892. Two Volumes

DOUGLAS C. MCCHRISTIAN

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007, Norman

First edition. Quarto. VOLUME I: Two-tone cloth, dark blue endpapers, xiii [1], 330 pp., foreword, acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated, plates, portraits, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Foreword by Jerome A. Greene. VOLUME II: Two-tone cloth, dark blue endpapers, xiii [1], 297 pp., foreword, acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated, plates, portraits, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. A comprehensive two-volume account of the evolution of military arms and equipment during the years 1880-1892. The volumes are set against the backdrop of the final decade of the Indian campaigns, a key period of transition in U. S. military history. In Volume I we learn how the Quartermaster Department modified the design and manufacturing of uniforms and other clothing to meet the developing needs of troops in the American West. In Volume II the author focuses on weapons and other accouterments, recounting in detail the army's quest to find a repeating rifle that would serve the needs of both cavalry and infantry across the plains. Lavishly illustrated with more than 400 color and black and white illustrations, these volumes will serve as invaluable references for collectors, curators, and students of militaria and of the frontier era. As new, unread copies, in dust jacket.

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