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Author Lauderdale, John Vance, author.

Title An army doctor on the western frontier : journals and letters of John Vance Lauderdale, 1864-1890 / edited and annotated by Robert M. Utley
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (x, 195 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Contents Fort Bridger, Utah, 1864-1866 -- Fort Yuma, California, 1868-1869 -- Camp Lowell, Arizona, 1869-1870 -- Fort Yuma, California, 1870-1871 -- Fort Wingate, New Mexico, 1874-1875 -- Fort Wingate, New Mexico, 1876-1878 -- Fort Sully, Dakota, 1882-1886 -- Fort Clark, Texas, 1887-1888 -- Fort Davis, Texas, 1888-1890 -- Retirement and after
Summary This selection of Lauderdale's writings, edited and annotated by a premier historian of the American West, offers an insightful account of army life that will teach readers much about the settlement and growth of the West in a time of rapid change
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Lauderdale, John Vance -- Diaries
Lauderdale, John Vance -- Correspondence
SUBJECT Lauderdale, John Vance -- Diaries -- Correspondence
Lauderdale, John Vance fast
Subject United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century
SUBJECT United States. Army fast
Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Physicians -- United States -- Diaries
Physicians -- United States -- Correspondence
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Frontier and pioneer life
Physicians
Armed Forces -- Military life
SUBJECT West (U.S.) -- History, Military -- 19th century
Subject United States
West United States
Genre/Form Diaries
History
Military history
Personal correspondence
Form Electronic book
Author Utley, Robert M., 1929-2022, editor
ISBN 9780826354556
0826354556