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Lauderdale, John Vance,

An army doctor on the western frontier : journals and letters of John Vance Lauderdale, 1864-1890 / edited and annotated by Robert M. Utley. - 1 online resource (x, 195 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.


English.

ISBN: 9780826354556 (electronic bk.) 0826354556 (electronic bk.)

LCCN: 2013041157

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lauderdale, John Vance--Diaries.
Lauderdale, John Vance--Correspondence.
Lauderdale, John Vance--Diaries--Correspondence.
Lauderdale, John Vance.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Army --Military life--History--19th century.
United States. Army.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1800-1899

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
Physicians--United States--Diaries.
Physicians--United States--Correspondence.
Médecins--États-Unis--Journaux intimes.
Médecins--États-Unis--Correspondance.
HISTORY--Military--Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Military Science.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Physicians.
Armed Forces--Military life.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
West (U.S.)--History, Military--19th century.
United States.
West United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Diaries.
History.
Military history.
Personal correspondence.

LC Class. No.: F594.L37 / A3 2014eb

Dewey Class. No.: 355.00978