Featuring specially commissioned artwork and full-colour maps, this absorbing study investigates the origins, fighting techniques, and battlefield performance of the combatants on both sides during the Black Hills War of 1876–77.
A gripping account of the fighting between cavalry of the Union and Confederate armies at small-unit level. This book presents new insights on the role of cavalry in the age of massed infantry gunfire and is augmented, as usual, with stunning Osprey artwork.
Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, the engaging story of the first wave of soldiers who volunteered to defend and preserve the Union in 1861, based on detailed research in US sources.
This book tells the story of the African American 'buffalo' soldiers who, until the early 1890s, constituted 20 per cent of all active forces on duty in the American West.
This engrossing study investigates the tactics, weapons, and combat record of the Seminole warriors and US soldiers who fought three key battles during the epic struggle for control of Florida.
This title examines why the forts were built, as well as their design, defensive features and the role they played in the settlement of the American West.
A up-to-date military study of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry – one of the catalysts of the American Civil War.