Most military biographies focus on officers, many of whom left diaries or wrote letters throughout their lives and careers. This collection offers new perspecti
Unlike previous histories, this book argues that the politics of slavery profoundly influenced the western mission of the regular army - affecting the hearts an
Emil Adolph Bode, a German immigrant down on his luck, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1877 and served for five years. More literate than most of his fellow soldie