"No Greater Calling" Topic

"In May of 1865, the United States celebrated the end of the American Civil War, but even as this nation celebrated the end of war, violence continued in the West, as it would for much of the rest of the century. Indians, pushed ever westward by the encroachment of civilization, fought back. They made war upon the settlers, the infrastructure, and the economy of the West, while men of bad character attempted to gain their own advantage. Indeed between the end of the Civil War and the turn of the century it was upon the Western frontier that the men of the U.S. Army were called to service. Over 1,200 men would answer their nation s greatest calling, giving their lives in service to their country. These men, their service, sacrifice and heroism have finally been recognized in this comprehensive work…"

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Amicalement
Armand

My great grandpa – who got called on a Civil War vet to help out during the Indian Wars – might not have been so diplomatic – at least according to grandpa's very second hand accounts, the US Army had the hardest, most unrecognized work there was – including having to be the go-between between angry Native Americans, grumpy settlers and crooked officials

Sounds interesting.

Glad you had enjoy it my friend.

Amicalement
Armand