Assigned to the District of Utah during the Civil War, physician
John Vance Lauderdale spent the next twenty-five years on army
posts in the American West, serving in California, Arizona, New
Mexico, South Dakota, and Texas. Throughout his career he kept a
detailed journal and sent long letters home to his sister in
upstate New York. This selection of Lauderdale's writings, edited
and annotated by a premier historian of the American West, offers
an insightful account of army life that will teach readers much
about the settlement and growth of the West in a time of rapid
change.
Lauderdale's observations are keen and critical. He writes about
fellow officers, his army superiors, the civilians and American
Indians he encountered, life on officers' row, and the day-to-day
functioning of the army medical service. Particularly valuable are
his insights into military interactions with local communities of
Mormons, American Indians, and Hispanos.
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