The Army in Transformation, 1790-1860

by James M. McCaffrey

What was it like to be a heavily burdened U.S. soldier on the march in the first half of the 19th century? How did soldiers survive in leaky, flea-ridden huts in Kansas? How many men were convinced to enlist based on the promise of easy, pleasing work? From the early Indian wars in the Ohio Territory in the 1790s, to the Mexican wars in Texas in the 1850s, American Soldiers' Lives: The Army in Transformation, 1790-1860 by James M. McCaffrey...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313331723
• ISBN13: 9780313331725
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 10.1"