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This is the second volume of a four-volume work. In volume I the author delineates the uniforms, arms, accoutrements, and equipment of the period from 1776 to 1850. In this volume he addresses the eventful, bloody, tragic mid-19th century. Here he describes the dress and equipment of the horse soldier of the early frontier, the Mexican War, the Civil War, and the wars with the Indians. The uniforms, insignia, decorations, arms, and horse gear are described and illustrated in colour plates and in detailed black-and-white drawings. For his models the author used actual uniforms and equipment and consulted goverment documents. This work was the winner of the 1978 Border Regional Library Association Southwest Book Award in the reference section.

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Randy Steffen, who died early in 1977, while these volumes were in production, was born in Maverick County, Texas of part Sioux-Cheyenne Indian descent. He was the author of more than a thousand articles on military and western history. His paintings, drawings, and sculpture have appeared in exhibits and publications in this country, Europe, South Africa, and Australia. In 1976 he was presented the George Washington Award by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for his contributions to American history. At the time of his death he was a Governor of the Company of Military Historians. He was the author of United States Military Saddles (1973), also published by the University of Oklahoma Press.

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