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For my paper I want too look at the relationship between the United States army and the expansion of the frontier. Much of the scholarship on this topic has focused on the Western Theatre during the Civil War. Few scholarship has focused the impact that the military made on the environment or on the indians living there. I will examine this relationship through the lens of when the army was conducting its massive drive to subdue and control the American Indians left in the West starting around 1866 and ending around 1890. By analyzing personal memoirs or letters from soldiers I hope to compare their perceptions of the frontier, the wild and nature in the frontier with perceptions of the Indians. I will also examine how the environment changed the strategy and makeup of the army. I will look at the concessions they were forced to make and the new technologies they were forced to use. The army was given special powers in an effort to help them keep peace and order. I will examine these laws and compare the military strategies on different frontiers such as the Texas frontier. Through comparisons I look to answer some larger questions about the military effect on the frontier environment.