Five Years a Cavalryman Or, Sketches of Regular Army Life on the Texas Frontier, 1866-1871 |
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| Author:
| McConnell, H. H. |
| Foreword by:
| Leckie, William H. |
| Series title: | The Western Frontier Library Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-2817-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1996 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $31.00 |
Book Description:
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First published in 1889, H. H. McConnell's
Five Years a Cavalryman remains one of the best accounts of what it was like to be an ordinary cavalryman on the post-Civil War frontier. Posted for five years (1866-1871) with the Sixth U.S. Cavalry at Fort Belknap and Fort Richardson, in West Texas, McConnell gives the unglorified inside story on his fellow enlisted men and the officers, reporting candidly on their heavy drinking, their general disorganization, their boredom, and...
More DescriptionFirst published in 1889, H. H. McConnell's Five Years a Cavalryman remains one of the best accounts of what it was like to be an ordinary cavalryman on the post-Civil War frontier. Posted for five years (1866-1871) with the Sixth U.S. Cavalry at Fort Belknap and Fort Richardson, in West Texas, McConnell gives the unglorified inside story on his fellow enlisted men and the officers, reporting candidly on their heavy drinking, their general disorganization, their boredom, and their thievery.