William A. Dobak Books
The Black Regulars 1866 1898
By Thomas D. Phillips, William A. Dobak
"Black soldiers first entered the regular army of the United States in the summer of 1866. While their segregated regiments served in the American West for the next three decades, the promise of th...
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Fort Riley and its neighbors
Fort Riley and Its Neighbors is a story of soldiers trying to save money and civilians trying to make it. Fort Riley stands today overlooking the Kansas River because army quartermasters in the 185...
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Freedom by the sword
The Civil War changed the United States in many ways -- economic, political, and social. Of these changes, none was more important than Emancipation. Besides freeing nearly four million slaves, it...
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