ARTICLES OF WAR FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES
REVISED. ARTICLES OF WAR FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES WITH SYNOPTICAL INDEX. Assistant Adjutant General’s Office. Headquarters Department of the Missouri. Leavenworth, Kansas. 1st. 1878. This printing of the U. S. Army's Articles of War was produced for use by the Army of the Missouri on the Plains during this early period of the Indian Wars. It appears to be the earliest edition of the Articles printed in the west during these years.
Fort Leavenworth has been historically known as the "Intellectual Center of the Army." and considered one of the most significant historic military installations in the Department of the Army, as well as to the nation. It was the base of African-American soldiers of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on 21 September 1866 at Fort Leavenworth. They became known as “Buffalo Soldiers”, nicknamed by the Native American tribes whom they fought. The term eventually was applied to all of the African-American regiments formed in 1866.
In 1866, the U.S. Congress authorized the formation of four black regiments, which were the 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments and the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments. The 10th Cavalry Regiment was formed at Fort Leavenworth under the command of Col. Benjamin Grierson.
This book does not appear in OCLC. All works from the Fort Leavenworth Press are very scarce.
Some minimal cover staining, but overall in vg cond.