Product Description: A comprehensive account of American military history on the western frontier from the end of the War of 1812 to the Mexican War, with special material on how the military frontier was advanced, the subjugation of the native Americans, the fortification of the vast area, and the gradual focusing of attention on events in Texas...read more

Product Description: The American Civil War saw a massive development in the use of field fortifications, the result of the practical application of antebellum West-Point teaching, and the deadly impact of rifled infantry weapons and artillery. Both the Federal and Confederate armies began to develop far more sophisticated systems of field fortification, and the larger field works and fortifications surrounding Washington, DC and Richmond, VA were redesigned and rebuilt several times...read more