Item Detail Information

Summary Note

Describes the individual American soldier since revolutionary times, with many illustrations of training and peacetime duties, and battlefield scenes.

General Note

Includes index.

Content Note

The colonial soldier -- Soldiers for independence -- The frontier soldier, 1784-1845 -- Soldiers of manifest destiny -- Soldiers of the Civil War -- The Indian-fighting soldier, 1866-97 -- Soldiers of empire, 1898-1916 -- Soldiers for democracy, 1917-40 -- Soldiers of the long wars -- Soldiers of tomorrow.