Combat Diary: Episodes from the History of the Twenty-Second Regiment, 1866-1905

by A. B. Feuer

Overview

Feuer has fine-tuned our understanding of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection by unearthing and publishing for the first time an illuminating combat diary. . . . Serious students of American military history will appreciate the opportunity to compare nearly a century of changing interpretations with a most valuable primary source. The editor of the Bilibid Diary, Feuer has once again rendered conspicious service to the historical profession.
Barry F. Machado Professor of History Washington and Lee University

The story of the Old Army as revealed through the eyes of Colonel Jacob Kreps, this book dramatically portrays life in action with the U.S. Infantry on the Western frontier, in the Spanish-American War, and in the Philippine Insurrection. Drawing on the first hand accounts preserved in the diary of Kreps, who served for more than 30 years with the U.S. Twenty-second Infantry Regiment, A. B. Feuer details the hardships endured by the soldiers in combat action.

Feuer recounts the experiences of the distinguished U.S. Twenty-second Infantry Regiment beginning in 1883. He also discusses numerous other U.S. Army units—infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineering, medical, quartermaster and signal—and offers important data on the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. Some of the accounts, such as that of the Pasig River battle and the Mindanao campaign, fill in missing chapters in the chronicles of war history. This book, which includes original maps and photographs, is valuable to anyone interested in military history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275939298
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/14/1991
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

A. B. FEUER is a military historian and freelance newspaper and magazine jourbanalist. The author of Bilibid Diary: The Secret Notebooks of Commander Thomas Hayes, he has also published articles in numerous jourbanals, including Military History Magazine, Sea Classics, Civil War Quarterly, and World War II, and is a book reviewer for Military Review.

Table of Contents

Foreword by General William B. Rosson
Introduction
Early U.S. Army Service in the West
Lieutenant Jacob Kreps on the Frontier: 1890-1898
The Cuban Campaign: The Spanish-American War
The Battle of Manila
Revolt in the Philippines
The Malolos Campaign
The Laguna de Bay and San Miguel Campaigns
The Campaign South of Manila
The March to Lingayen Gulf
The Chase of Aguinaldo East to Bayombong
The Capture of Aguinaldo
The Moro Revolt
The Mindanao Campaign
Afterword by Colonel James N. Joyner, Jr.
Index

What People are Saying About This

Barry F. MachadoProfessor of History Washington and Lee University

"Feuer has fine-tuned our understanding of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection by unearthing and publishing for the first time an illuminating combat diary. Persisting misconceptions give way before a first-hand account of the real war for liberation and empire. Serious students of American military history will appreciate the opportunity to compare nearly a century of changing interpretations with a most valuable primary source. The editor of the Bilibid Diary, Feuer has once again rendered conspicuous service to the historical profession."

Brian Kelly Editor

"Who said history can't also be high adventure?"

Barry F. Machado Professor of History Washington and Lee University

"Feuer has fine-tuned our understanding of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection by unearthing and publishing for the first time an illuminating combat diary. Persisting misconceptions give way before a first-hand account of the real war for liberation and empire. Serious students of American military history will appreciate the opportunity to compare nearly a century of changing interpretations with a most valuable primary source. The editor of the Bilibid Diary, Feuer has once again rendered conspicuous service to the historical profession."

Editorial Reviews

Informative and highly readable, this campaign history covers the four decades after the American Civil War when the regiment helped subjugate the Indians of the Northern Plains, chased (Jacob S.) Coxey's Army, suppressed mine and railroad strikes, fought the Spanish in Cuba and took on Emilio Aguinaldo's insurgents in the Philippines. Because of its diverse experiences, the 22d epitomizes the US Army, as a whole, during this era. The author relies heavily on excerpts from soldiers' diaries to build his narrative, especially Colonel Jacob F. Kreps' jourbanal, which makes the book both more entertaining and more memorable than the conventional campaign history.” —MILITARY REVIEW

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