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The "Army on the Frontier" is a term applied to the activities of the United States Army stationed near the frontier settlements from the beginning of national existence until about 1890, the end of the settlers' frontier. The principal functions performed by the U.S. Army were:
History of Military Mobilization in the United States Army 1775-1945 (US Army, 1955) online; not copyright because it is a government publication. Laurie, Clayton D. The role of federal military forces in domestic disorders, 1877-1945 (Government Printing Office, 1997). Lee, Wayne E. "Early American Ways of War: A New Reconnaissance, 1600–1815."
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, is a town. The military's Fort Gibson was a frontier army post, now a historic site and National Landmark, observing 200 years.
The 5th Regiment established headquarters at Detroit in 1815, and began a 30-year period in which it operated in the Upper Midwest, mostly in an area between the current states of Michigan and Nebraska, building and garrisoning a number of posts, protecting the great wave of settlers from native resistance, and serving as a first line of defense in case of another war with Great Britain.
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Fort Hays, originally named Fort Fletcher, was a United States Army fort near Hays, Kansas.Active from 1865 to 1889 it was an important frontier post during the American Indian Wars of the late 19th century.
It’s the most unique rivalry game in college sports and one of the signature events of the college football season: Army vs. Navy. Kicking off at 3 p.m. ET Saturday from Northwest Field in ...
Blockhouse on Signal Mountain is within the Fort Sill Military Reservation, north of Lawton, Oklahoma. [2] [3] The rock architecture is located along Mackenzie Hill Road at the summit of Signal Mountain within the Fort Sill West Range being the Oklahoma administrative division of Comanche County.