here is much to learn about the military and its influence on the history of Gila and Pinal Counties. Listed below are a few publications that can provide more insight into this fascinating aspect of the CAAG Region.

 

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RECOMMENDED READING

Alexander, David V.  Arizona Frontier Military Place Names: 1846-1912.  Las Cruces: Yucca Tree Press, 1998.

Altshuler, Constance Wynn.  Chains of Command: Arizona and the Army, 1865-1875.  Tucson: Arizona Historical Society, 1981.

Altshuler, Constance Wynn.  Starting with Defiance: Nineteenth Century Arizona Military Posts.  Tucson: Arizona Historical Society, 1983.

Christen, Bill.  Pauline Cushman: Spy of the Cumberland. Roseville: Edinborough Press, 2006.

Collins, William S., Melanie Sturgeon and Robert Carriker. The United States Military in Arizona: 1846-1945.  Phoenix: Arizona State Parks, 1993.

Corle, Edwin.  The Gila: River of the Southwest.  Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1951.

Edwards, Cliff.  Horseback and Airborne: The Life and Times of Cliff “Tailspin” Edwards.  Coolidge: Cliff Edwards, 1995.

Finch, L. Boyd.  Confederate Pathway to the Pacific: Major Sherod Hunter and Arizona Territory, C.S.A.  Tucson: Arizona Historical Society, 1996.

Kroeber, Clifton B. & Bernard L. Fontana.  Massacre on the Gila: An Account of the Last Major Battle between American Indians, with Reflections on the Origin of War.  Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1986.

Lummis, Charles R. and Turbesé Lummis Fiske, ed.  General Crook and the Apache Wars.  Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1966, 1985.

Masich, Andrew E.  The Civil War in Arizona: The Story of the California Volunteers, 1861-1865.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006.

Nearing, Richard and David Hoff.  Arizona Military Installations: 1752-1922.  Tempe: Gem Publishing Company: 1995, 1998.

Ringer, Craig.  Engagement at Picacho Pass.  Phoenix: Arizona State Parks, 1996.