Frank N. Schubert has been a historian for the U.S. Army for over fifteen years. He is the author of Vanguard of Expansion: Army Engineers in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1819–1879.

"It is fine social as well as military history, and offers valuable insights into fort and town—the army's equivalent of town and gown. The triumphs and trials of black soldiers in the frontier period also receive important illumination."—Robert M. Utley, author of Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866–1891 "To my knowledge, Schubert's thoughtful research in community records goes beyond the work of any other post historian. Indeed, this is an outstanding post history."—Edward M. Coffman, author of The Old Army and The War to End All Wars

Frank N. Schubert has been a historian for the U.S. Army for over fifteen years. He is the author of Vanguard of Expansion: Army Engineers in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1819–1879.

"It is fine social as well as military history, and offers valuable insights into fort and town—the army's equivalent of town and gown. The triumphs and trials of black soldiers in the frontier period also receive important illumination."—Robert M. Utley, author of Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866–1891 "To my knowledge, Schubert's thoughtful research in community records goes beyond the work of any other post historian. Indeed, this is an outstanding post history."—Edward M. Coffman, author of The Old Army and The War to End All Wars

Frank N. Schubert has been a historian for the U.S. Army for over fifteen years. He is the author of Vanguard of Expansion: Army Engineers in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1819–1879.

"It is fine social as well as military history, and offers valuable insights into fort and town—the army's equivalent of town and gown. The triumphs and trials of black soldiers in the frontier period also receive important illumination."—Robert M. Utley, author of Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866–1891 "To my knowledge, Schubert's thoughtful research in community records goes beyond the work of any other post historian. Indeed, this is an outstanding post history."—Edward M. Coffman, author of The Old Army and The War to End All Wars