Redlegs: The U.S. Artillery from the Civil War to the Spanish American War, 1861-1898

"Give[s] an interesting insight into how the uniforms and personal equipment of this branch of the U.S. Army developed." —Historic Musings
This volume in the popular G.I. series illustrates a much-neglected aspect of American military history—the U.S. Army artillerymen named Redlegs after the red stripes on their trousers. The photographs, most of them rarely seen in other sources, range from the Civil War and the campaigns against the Native Americans through to the Spanish-American War.
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