Add to ORKGFew frontier military officers could claim a more varied and significant combat career during the second half of the nineteenth century than George Crook. Beginning with service as a young lieutenant in the Rogue River War and the Yakima War of the 1850s, he learned quickly about the weaknesses of an army that suffered from underfunding, congressional neglect, low morale, and petty bickering among its officer corps. Despite his commanding troops during the next three decades in some of the most celebrated Indian wars of the Great Plains and Southwest, he also developed an empathy for his adversaries who suffered from many government abuses he helped expose
In November 1876, Colonel Ranald Mackenzie led a successful attack on a Northern Cheyenne village in...
Between 1854 and 1890, the military frontier in western Nebraska witnessed major events, including H...
More than a century has elapsed since George Armstrong Custer led his command into a military disast...
Few frontier military officers could claim a more varied and significant combat career during the se...
Few frontier military officers could claim a more varied and significant combat career during the se...
Despite steady interest in the wars on the American frontier during the last half of the nineteenth ...
Richard 1. Dodge served in the United States Army from 1848 to 1891. By the time of the 1876 Powder ...
Books on the Sioux War of 1876 tend to concentrate on the defeat of George A. Custer at the Little B...
In November 1876, Colonel Ranald Mackenzie led a successful attack on a Northern Cheyenne village in...
Despite steady interest in the wars on the American frontier during the last half of the nineteenth ...
The Army established Fort Robinson near the source of the White River on the Pine Ridge in northwest...
Richard 1. Dodge served in the United States Army from 1848 to 1891. By the time of the 1876 Powder ...
Books on the Sioux War of 1876 tend to concentrate on the defeat of George A. Custer at the Little B...
A Controversial General in the Formative Days of Army Irregular Warfare Strategy This is the second ...
Between 1854 and 1890, the military frontier in western Nebraska witnessed major events, including H...
In November 1876, Colonel Ranald Mackenzie led a successful attack on a Northern Cheyenne village in...
Between 1854 and 1890, the military frontier in western Nebraska witnessed major events, including H...
More than a century has elapsed since George Armstrong Custer led his command into a military disast...
Few frontier military officers could claim a more varied and significant combat career during the se...
Few frontier military officers could claim a more varied and significant combat career during the se...
Despite steady interest in the wars on the American frontier during the last half of the nineteenth ...
Richard 1. Dodge served in the United States Army from 1848 to 1891. By the time of the 1876 Powder ...
Books on the Sioux War of 1876 tend to concentrate on the defeat of George A. Custer at the Little B...
In November 1876, Colonel Ranald Mackenzie led a successful attack on a Northern Cheyenne village in...
Despite steady interest in the wars on the American frontier during the last half of the nineteenth ...
The Army established Fort Robinson near the source of the White River on the Pine Ridge in northwest...
Richard 1. Dodge served in the United States Army from 1848 to 1891. By the time of the 1876 Powder ...
Books on the Sioux War of 1876 tend to concentrate on the defeat of George A. Custer at the Little B...
A Controversial General in the Formative Days of Army Irregular Warfare Strategy This is the second ...
Between 1854 and 1890, the military frontier in western Nebraska witnessed major events, including H...
In November 1876, Colonel Ranald Mackenzie led a successful attack on a Northern Cheyenne village in...
Between 1854 and 1890, the military frontier in western Nebraska witnessed major events, including H...
More than a century has elapsed since George Armstrong Custer led his command into a military disast...