Constance Wynn Altshuler

"An officer is more than a pair of shoulder straps," writes Constance Altshuler in her introduction to this remarkable book. Drawing together biographical data collected over a lifetime of research, the author has created a worthy companion to her earlier works, Chains of Command: Arizona and the Army, 1856-1875 and Starting with Defiance: Nineteenth Century Arizona Military Posts. Here the focus is on individual lives. Cavalry Yellow & Infantry Blue...