{"product_id":"the-old-army-in-texas-a-research-guide-to-the-us-army-in-nineteenth-century-texas","title":"The Old Army in Texas: A Research Guide to the U.S. Army in Nineteenth Century Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn The Old Army in Texas  U.S. Army officer and historian Thomas \"Ty\" Smith presents a comprehensive and authoritative single-source reference for the activities of the regular army in the Lone Star State during the nineteenth century. Beginning with a series of maps that sketch the evolution of fort locations on the frontier  Smith furnishes an overview with his introductory essay  \"U.S. Army Combat Operations in the Indian Wars of Texas  18491881.\" Reprinted from the Southwestern Historical Quarterly  Smiths essay breaks new ground in an innovative analysis of the characteristics of army tactical methods and the nature of combat on the Texas frontier  introducing a unique historical model and methodology to examine the army-Indians conflicts.  The second part of this guide  \"Commanders and Organization  Department of Texas  18481900 \" lists the departmental commanders  the location of the military headquarters  and the changes in the administrative organization and military titles for Texas.  Part III  \"U.S. Army Sites in Texas 18361900 \" provides a dictionary of 223 posts  forts  and camps in the state. It is the most extensive inventory published to date  including essential information on all of the major forts  as well as dozens of obscure sites such as Camp Las Laxas  Camp Ricketts  and Camp Lugubrious. The fourth part  \"Post Garrisons  18361900 \" gives a year by year snapshot of total army strength in the state  the regiments assigned  and the garrisons and commanders of each major fort and camp.  Supplying the only such synopsis of its kind  the \"Summary of U.S. Army Combat Actions in the Texas Indian Wars  18491881 \" the guides Part V  offers a chronological description of 224 U.S. Army combat actions in the Indian Wars with vivid details of each engagement.  The 900 entries in the selected bibliography of Part VI are divided topically into sections on biographical sources and regimental histories  histories of forts  garrison life  civil-military relations  the Mexican War  and frontier operations. In addition to being a helpful catalog of standard histories  there are two important and unusual aspects to the bibliography. It contains a complete range of primary source microfilm material from the National Archives  including the roll numbers of specific periods of forts and units; and secondly  the bibliography integrates nearly all of the published archeological reports into the section on fort histories.  The Old Army in Texas is an indispensable reference and research tool for students  scholars  and military history aficionados. It will be of great value to those interested in Texas history  especially military history and local and regional studies. This superb reference work is illustrated with a number of maps and rare photographs of the U.S. Army in nineteenth century Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44949299462197,"sku":"ByrdShop_0876111703","price":92.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780876111703_f66adcff-4e47-4995-aa7b-7a77aa03f10f.jpg?v=1770180174","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-old-army-in-texas-a-research-guide-to-the-us-army-in-nineteenth-century-texas","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}