In Frontier Regulars, Robert M. Utley combines scholarship and drama to produce an impressive history of the final, massive drive by the Regular Army to subdue and control the American Indians and open the West during the twenty-five years following the Civil War. Here are incisive accounts of the campaign directed by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman - from the first skirmishes with the Sioux over the Bozeman Trail defenses in 1866 to the final defeat and subjugation of the Northern Plains Indians in 1890. Utley's brilliant descriptions of military maneuvers and flaming battles are juxtaposed with a careful analysis of Sherman's army: its mode of operation, equipment, and recruitment; its lifestyle and relations with Congress and civilians.

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Macmillan, c1973. Includes index. Includes maps of: Northern Plains, 1866-68; Bozeman Trail Forts, 1866-68; Hancock's War, April-July 1867; Southern Plains War, 1868-69; Southern Plains and Texas, 1867-69; Snake War, 1866-68, and Modoc War, 1872-73; Crook's Tonto Campaign, 1872-73; Southern Plains, 1869-75; Red River War, 1874-75; Northern Plains, 1870-90; Sioux War of 1876; Nez Perce and Bannock-Paiute Wars, 1877-78; Ute War, 1879; Border Conflict, 1870-86. Some copies on course reserve A684. Reprint. Originally published: New York : Macmillan, Ã1973.

Return to the frontier -- The postwar army: command, staff, and line -- The problem of doctrine -- The Army, Congress, and the people -- Weapons, uniforms, and equipment -- Army life on the border -- Fort Phil Kearny, 1866 -- Hancock's War, 1867 -- The peace commission of 1867 -- Operations on the southern plains, 1866-70 -- Beyond the plains, 1866-70 -- Grant's peace policy, 1869-74 -- The Red River War, 1874-75 -- Sitting Bull, 1870-76 -- The conquest of the Sioux, 1876-81 -- Nez Perce bid for freedom, 1877 -- Bannock, Paiute, Sheepeater, and Ute, 1878-79 -- Mexican border conflicts, 1870-81 -- Geronimo, 1881-86 -- Ghost dance, 1890-91.