Table of Contents Acknowledgments v Preface 1 Introduction: History and Heritage 5 1. After Appomattox: The Army in Decline 9 2. Fetterman's Chance: The Fight on Lodge Trail Ridge 17 3. Joining Up: Enlisting in the Army 23 4. Against the Odds: The Hayfield and Wagon Box Fights 31 5. Drill and Marksmanship: Learning the Soldier's Trade 41 6. Soldiering on the Frontier: "Bring enough money to pay your own funeral expenses" 51 7. Shoulder Straps and Chevrons: Privates, NCOs and Officers 70 8.

Books and Baseball: Soldiers' Entertainments 89 9. Bacon, Bread and Coffee: Army Rations 102 10. "The curse of the army": Alcohol and the Soldier 124 11. Hard, ­Horse-Killing Marches: Campaigning on the Frontier 137 12. Crime and Punishment: "A 24-pound ball on a ­six-foot chain" 151 13. Patrol, Pursuit and Skirmish: The Nature of Combat in the Indian Wars 170 14. The Desertion Problem: "Giving the army the grand bounce" 180 15. The Color Line: The Army and Race 186 16.

"Mr. Lo": The Soldier and the Indian 200 17. Politics and a Massacre: The Army's Quest for Control of the Indian Bureau 209 18. "A damned big fight": The 7th Cavalry at the Little Big Horn 223 19. The End of an Era: The Pine Ridge Campaign and Wounded Knee 231 20. The War with Spain: A Different Army for a Different War 239 21. Waiting in the Wings: The ­Spanish-American War in the Training Camps 247 22. Scandal and Reform: The Aftermath of the ­Spanish-American War 255 23.

"A diabolical threat": The ­Anti-Canteen Campaign 259 24. Soldiers of Empire: The Army in the Philippines 270 25. The War in the Philippines: "Battles we never enlisted for." 276 26. Into Mexico: The 1916 Punitive Expedition 291 Conclusion: The Gathering Storm 299 Appendix: Major Campaigns and Combat Engagements of the Indian Wars, 1866-1890 305 Chapter Notes 307 Bibliography 321 Index 331.