Title: Marches Of The Dragoons In The Mississippi Valley

Author: Louis Pelzer

Classification: Americana Western Cavalry Military History

Publication Information: Published at Iowa City Iowa in 1917 by The State Historical Society of Iowa.

Additional Information: 282 pages.

Summary: An account of marches and activities of the First Regiment United States Dragoons in the Mississippi Valley between the years 1833 and 1850. The First Regiment of Dragoons existed from March 2, 1833 to August 3, 1861. Until about 1850 this unit served largely in the Mississippi Valley in the work of frontier defense, garrison duty, treaty negotiations, marches, expeditions, patrol duty, exploration and in the enforcement of federal laws. This volume of western military cavalry history includes:
• I. Soldiers on the Frontier, 1829-1830
• II. On the Way to Jefferson Barracks
• III. In Winter Quarters at Camp Jackson
• IV. The Expedition to the Pawnee Pict Village
• V. Colonel Kearny on the River Des Moines
• VI. Prairie Travels to the Rocky Mountains
• VII. The Western Military Frontier 1837-1840
• VIII. Patrol and Garrison Duties in Iowa Territory
• IX. On the Canadian and Arkansas Rivers
• X. Captain Allen’s Journey to the Northwest
• XI. Captain Sumner’s Visits Among the Sioux
• XII. Colonel Kearny on the Oregon Trail to South Pass
• XIII. Flying Camps From South Pass to Fort Leavenworth
• XIV. With the Army of the West
• XV. The Campaign to California
• XVI. Major Wood’s Visit to the Red River of the North
• XVII. Soldier Life at Old Fort Leavenworth
• Appendix – Captain Boone’s Journal of an Expedition Over the Western Prairies
• Notes and References Index

Condition: Hard cover, covers are worn, stained and faded; text is sound with hint of age discoloring, ill-regular cut page edges and some uncut pages; overall covers are good and text is good plus.
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