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Soldiers At Play: A History Of Social Life At Fort Union, New Mexico,1851-1891, Dale Frederick Giese
Soldiers At Play: A History Of Social Life At Fort Union, New Mexico,1851-1891, Dale Frederick Giese
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Although much has been written about the United States Army and its participation in the Indian Wars, relatively little attention has been devoted to the soldier's recreational life at some of the isolated army posts at which they served. Fort Union, New Mexico, one of the largest military posts in the Southwest, had hundreds of soldiers and civilians living together in this garrison. During Fort Union's forty-year period of existence, the soldiers and civilians employed numerous recreational activities to keep themselves occupied during their leisure hours on New Mexico's frontier.
History Of Fort Union, New Mexico, Thomas J. Mclaughlin
History Of Fort Union, New Mexico, Thomas J. Mclaughlin
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Through the acquisition of the Territory of New Mexico, the United States fell heir to a problem different from any that it had encountered in any previous advance of the frontier. During the settlement of the area east of the Mississippi River it made little difference where, or how many, military posts were established once the plenitude of navigable rivers made their supply and upkeep a relatively inexpensive matter. The fertile lands of the region soon enabled a settlement to develop near the post which provided protection and a market for the surplus of a growing community. Within a few …