. Army in the West, 1 : Uniforms, Weapons, And Equipment, Paperback by McChristian, Douglas C.; Langellier, John P. (FRW), ISBN 0806137827, ISBN-13 9780806137827, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

Retired research historian McChristian, whose National Park Service field work included assignments at Fort Davis, Fort Laramie and Little Bighorn provides all the details about the development of army uniforms, equipment and small arms during the Indian campaigns in the West. He addresses the very interesting issues of war surplus following the Civil War, then analyzes dress uniforms, packs and luggage, frontier and campaign clothing, the wide variety of clever bags and containers, and small arms for several time periods, progressing from 1865 to about 1880. He includes a wide variety of period photographs and very good technical photographs of clothing and equipment, suitable even for research by re-enactors. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()