Frontier Cavalry Trooper
The Letters of Private Eddie Matthews, 1869–1874
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2020
University of New Mexico Press (Verlag)
978-0-8263-5227-9 (ISBN)
University of New Mexico Press (Verlag)
978-0-8263-5227-9 (ISBN)
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During his five years in the army, Private William Edward Matthews wrote a series of detailed and engaging letters to his family in Maryland describing his life in the Arizona and New Mexico Territories. His letters, published here for the first time, provide an unparalleled chronicle of one soldier's experiences in the post-Civil War Southwest.
During his five years in the army, Private William Edward Matthews wrote a series of exceptionally detailed and engaging letters to his family back home in Maryland describing his life in the Arizona and New Mexico Territories. His letters, published here for the first time, provide an unparalleled chronicle of one soldier's experiences in the garrison and in the field in the post-Civil War Southwest.
Matthews's letters record a vivid chronicle of day-to-day life in the frontier regulars. Included are operational details in his company, candid observations of people and places, intimate views of frontier society, and personal opinions that probably would have been forgotten or moderated had he recorded his experiences later in life. Matthews probably did not realize until much later that he was not only a witness to the nation's rapid westward expansion but was himself a tiny cog in the machinery that made it possible.
During his five years in the army, Private William Edward Matthews wrote a series of exceptionally detailed and engaging letters to his family back home in Maryland describing his life in the Arizona and New Mexico Territories. His letters, published here for the first time, provide an unparalleled chronicle of one soldier's experiences in the garrison and in the field in the post-Civil War Southwest.
Matthews's letters record a vivid chronicle of day-to-day life in the frontier regulars. Included are operational details in his company, candid observations of people and places, intimate views of frontier society, and personal opinions that probably would have been forgotten or moderated had he recorded his experiences later in life. Matthews probably did not realize until much later that he was not only a witness to the nation's rapid westward expansion but was himself a tiny cog in the machinery that made it possible.
Douglas C. McChristian was a research historian for the National Park Service and the author of six books and numerous articles on the history of the American West. His title Fort Laramie: Military Bastion of the High Plains received a Spur Award for best Western nonfiction historical book from the Western Writers of America.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.05.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 20 halftones, 3 maps |
| Verlagsort | Albuquerque, NM |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 151 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 615 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8263-5227-8 / 0826352278 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8263-5227-9 / 9780826352279 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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