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Indian-Fighting Army.Pdf U.S. Army Military History Institute Indians-Indian Wars 950 Soldiers Drive Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5021 30 May 2012 THE INDIAN-FIGHTING ARMY A Bibliography of MHI Sources CONTENTS General Sources.....p.1 Policy/Strategy.....p.2 Tactics/Doctrine -General Sources.....p.3 -Pre-Civil War.....p.3 -Trans-Mississippi…..p.4 Other Aspects....p.4 Artillery in Western Indian Wars….p.5 GENERAL SOURCES Chun, Clayton K.S. US Army in the Plains Indian Wars 1865-91. Botley, England: Osprey, 2004. 96 p. E83.866.C58. Downey, Fairfax. Indian-Fighting Army. NY: Scribner's, 1941. 329 p. E81.D682. Duryea, Lyman C. "The Revolutionary Heritage of the American Army." PhD dss, Temple, 1993. 605 p. E181.D87. See Chap 8. Ganoe, William. A. The History of the United States Army. NY: Appleton, 1924. pp. 306-64. E181.G17. Military History Symposium, 7th. USAF Academy, 1976. The American Military on the Frontier. Wash, DC: Office, Air Force History, 1978. 194 p. U7.M5. Rockwell, Ronald V. The U.S. Army in Frontier Montana. Helena, MT: Sweetgrass Books, 2009. 504 p. E83.876.R64. U.S. War Dept. Annual Reports of the Secretary of War. Wash, DC: GPO, 1850-91. UA24.A1. Utley, Robert M. The Indian Frontier of the American West, 1846-90. Albuquerque, NM: U NM, 1984. 325 p. E81.U747. Indian-Fighting Army, 1848-90 p.2 Weigley, Russell F. History of the United States Army. NY: Macmillan, 1967. 556 p. UA25.W35. See Pt 2. See also: -Bibliography on the US Army, 1865-98. POLICY/STRATEGY Delbridge, Norman G., Jr. "Modern Guerrilla Warfare and the Indian Wars of 1865-92." US Army War College Commentary (Mar 1970): pp. 53-64. Per. Doyle, Susan B. "Intercultural Dynamics of the Bozeman Trail Era: Red, White and Army Blue on the Northern Plains." PhD dss, U NM, 1991. 492 p. E78.G73.D69. Gates, John M. "Indians and Insurrectos: The U.S. Army's Experience with Insurgency." Parameters (Mar 1983): pp. 59-68. Per. 19th century counterinsurgency waged more humanely than now. Hostettler, John B. "The Indian Wars and National Military Strategy After 1865." AWC student paper, 1992. 44 p. Arch. Morton, Desmond. "Comparison of U.S. Canadian Military Experience on the Frontier." In The American Military on the Frontier, cited above. pp. 17-35. U7.M5. Olivia, Leo E. "The Army and the Indian." Military Affairs (Sept 1974): pp. 117-19. Per. Historiographic essay. Smith, Philip R., Jr. "A Frontier Thesis from Hollywood." Army (Apr 1971): pp. 50-54. Per. Smith, Sherry L. "'Civilization's Guardians': Army Officer's Reflections on Indians and the Indian Wars in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1848-90." PhD dss., U of WA, Seattle, 1984. 392 p. E93.S62. Stout, Joseph A., Jr. "The United States and the Native Americans." In American Military Tradition Wilmington: SR, 1993. pp. 97-115. E181.A445. Waltman, H.G. "The Interior Department, War Department and Indian Policy, 1865-87." PhD dss, U NE, 1963. E93.W3. Wooster, Robert A. "The Military and United States Indian Policy, 1865-1903." PhD dss, U TX-Austin, 1985. 365 p. E93.W66. Finds no systematic strategic policy. Indian-Fighting Army, 1848-90 p.3 _____. The Military and United States Indian Policy, 1865-1903. New Haven, CT: Yale, 1988. 268 p. E93.W66. TACTICS/DOCTRINE-General Sources "Indian Fighting and Tactics." Infantry Journal (May 1930): pp. 541-42. Per. Letter to editor inquiring whether principles of war, etc, had ever been applied to Indian battles. Orr, Billy J. "General George Crook, the Indian-Fighting Army and Unconventional Warfare Doctrine: A Case for Developmental Immaturity." AWC student paper, 1992. 62 p. Arch. Utley, Robert M. "The Contribution of the Frontier to the American Military Tradition." In The American Military on the Frontier, cited above. pp. 3-13. U7.M5.. Vetock, Dennis J. Lessons Learned: A History of US Army Lesson Learning. Carlisle Barracks, PA: MHI, 1988. 169 p. UA25.5.V48. See pp. 6-16 & 24 for overview. See also: -Bibliographies on Doctrine; & Tactics-Pre-20th Century TACTICS/DOCTRINE-Pre-Civil War Guthman, William H. March to Massacre: A History of the First Seven Years of the United States Army, 1784-91. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1974. pp. 122-27. UA25.G93. Higginbotham, Don. "The Military Institutions of Colonial America: The Rhetoric and the Reality." In Tools of War: Instruments, Ideas, and Institutions of Warfare, 1445-1871. Urbana, IL: U IL, 1990. pp. 131-53. U39.T66. Mahon, John K. "Anglo-American Methods of Indian Warfare, 1676-1794." Mississippi Valley Historical Review (1958): pp. 254-75. Per. Malone, Patrick M. The Skulking Way of War: Technology and Tactics among the New England Indians. NY: Madison, 1991. 132 p. E78.N5.M35. Indian-Fighting Army, 1848-90 p.4 Parker, King L. "Anglo-American Wilderness Campaigning 1754-64: Logistical and Tactical Developments." PhD dss, Columbia U, 1970. 416 p. U39.P3. Smith, James. An Account of the Remarkable Occurrences in the Life and Travels of Col. James Smith.... Cincinnati: Clarke, 1870 reprint of 1799 edition. 190 p. E87.S65. Offers advice on countertactics. TACTICS/DOCTRINE-Trans-Mississippi, 1850s-1890s Bigelow, Michael E. "The Apache Campaigns Under General Crook." Military Intelligence (Jul/Sep 1990): pp. 38-41. Per. Crook's innovations in tactics noted. Cooke, Philip St. George. Cavalry Tactics, or Regulations for the Instruction, Formations, and Movement of the Cavalry.... Wash, DC: GPO, 1862. 2 pts in 1 vol., 328 p. UE160.C8. See pt II, pp. 67-71, "Special Service of Cavalry in the West," covering camps, marches, and escorts--all without once mentioning the word "Indian” and 1872 edition pp. 244-48. Wagner, Arthur L. The Service of Security and Information. Wash, DC: Chapman, 1893. 265 p. U220.W24. See Appendix III, pp. 221-28, "Indian Scouting," a brief technical piece on methods of Indian-style fighting exemplified by Apaches and Sioux. See also: -Bibliography on George Crook in Biographies. OTHER SPECIAL ASPECTS Andrews, Patrick E. "Infantry in the Indian Wars." 2 parts. Infantry (Jul/Aug 1980): pp. 28-32 & (Sep/Oct 1980): pp. 37-41. Per. Hoge, William M., Jr. "The Logistical System of the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars, 1866-89." MA thesis, WA State, 1968. 79 p. U168H6. Huseas, Marion M. "'Tuched nothing to drink...': Frontier Army Leisure." Periodical (Jan 1981): pp. 11-23. Per. Indian-Fighting Army, 1848-90 p.5 LaBerge, Walter. "Dangerous Downsizing." Armed Forces Journal (Oct 1993): pp. 30, 33-34. Per. Post-CW drawdown reviewed. Quesada, Alejandro M., Jr. The Men of Fort Foster: Enlisted Uniforms, Equipment and Artifacts of the United States Armed Forces, 1835-1842. Union City, TN: Pioneer Press, 1996. 86 p. UD483.D48. Rhyne, David W. "Army Posts in American Culture: A Historical Geography of Army Posts in the United States." Masters thesis, PA State U, 1979. pp. 65-73 and Appendix 1. UA26.A6.R5. See esp Maps 7-11. Rickey, Don, Jr. "The Enlisted Men of the Indian War." Military Affairs (Sum 1959): pp. 91-96. Per. Steffan, Randy. The Horse Soldier, 1776-1943. Vol. II: The Frontier, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Indian Wars, 1851-80. Norman, OK: U OK, 1978. UE443.S83. Uniforms & Equipment. Thompson, Neil B. Crazy Horse Called them Walk-A-Heaps: The Story of the Foot Soldier in the Prairie Indian Wars. Saint Cloud, MN: North Star, 1979. 150 p. E83.866.T56. Promising but unfinished study; author died before completion. Utley, Robert M. "The Bluecoats." American History Illustrated (Oct 1979): pp. 20-24 & 32-34. Per. Whitman, S.E. The Troopers. NY: Hastings, 1962. 235 p. U766.W44. See also: -Bibliographies on Heliograph in Communications; American Indian Military Service; Desertion in Military Service; Soldiers and U.S. Army in 19th Century. ARTILLERY IN WESTERN INDIAN WARS Birkhimer, William E. Historical Sketch of the Organization Administration, Materiel and Tactics of the Artillery, United States Army. Wash, DC: Chapman, 1884. 406 p. UA30.B57. Farrow, Edward S. Farrow's Military Encyclopedia. 3 vols. NY: Farrow, 1885. U24.F24. See, p. 57, Vol. II, on Hotchkiss gun. Gibbon, John. The Artillerist's Manual. Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1991 reprint of period editions. 478 p. UF153.A77. Mordecai, Alfred. Artillery for the United States Land Service.... Wash, DC: Gideon, 1849. 349 p. UF563.A4RareBook. Indian-Fighting Army, 1848-90 p.6 Parker, John H. Tactical Organizations and Uses of Machine Guns in the Field. Kansas City, MO: Hudson-Kimberly, 1899. 208 p. UL310.P37. See pp. 30-31 on Gatlings in Bannock War of 1878. Parkhurst, C.D. "Mountain Artillery." Journal of the Military Service Institution of the US (Jan 1890): pp. 50-56. Per. See also pp. 330-33 of the same vol. Trussell, John B.B. "The Redlegs: American Artillery in Action." Typescript, n.d 373 p. UA30.T7. See Chap XX and XXI. Turner, John W. Diary. Arch. Lieutenant in Battery L, 3rd Artillery, makes reference to his mountain howitzers during 1856 campaign against Yakimas. U.S. War Dept. Annual Secretary of War Reports, 1866-1900. Wash, DC: GPO, various dates. UA24.A1. _____. Board of Artillery Officers. Instruction for Field Artillery. Phila: Lippincott, 1863. 348 p. + 88 plates. UF403.A311. _____. Ordnance Dept. Handbook for the Hotchkiss 2-Pounder Mountain Gun, Caliber 42mm or 1.65 Inches. Wash, DC: GPO, 1903. 19 p., 12 plates. UF583.A32-42mm-A2. Utley, Robert M. Frontier Regulars. NY: Macmillan, 1973. 462 p. E83.866.U87. See esp pp. 72-73 on the Hotchkiss mountain gun and Gatling gun; see also his Frontiersmen in Blue (E83.84.U8), p. 28, on 12-pound mountain howitzer.
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