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The United States Camel Corps: The History of the U.S. Army's Use of Camels in the Southwest during the 19th Century

The United States Camel Corps: The History of the U.S. Army's Use of Camels in the Southwest during the 19th Century

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Armed ForcesGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 1077864264
ISBN13: 9781077864269
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 3 2019
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.20 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
*Includes pictures
*Includes contemporary accounts
*Includes a bibliography for further reading
In the 1850s, Americans widely believed that the area from the 97th Meridian to the Rocky Mountains was vast, sterile, and useless, fit only for wandering natives and something to be endured rather than enjoyed by the people traveling through. Putting the eastern border near the point where the Great Plains begin, a common name for the huge region was The Great American Desert, and the acquisition of the Southwest from Mexico added to the already huge area, commonly considered desert wasteland. Suddenly, the United States had a million square miles of Great American Desert to administrate, an area where the resident native warriors considerably outnumbered the small U.S. Army.

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