The US Army and the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Army History of the Corps

The US Army and the Lewis and Clark Expedition is a softcover booklet published by the Army's Center of Military History, the service's official history office. It tells the story of the Corps of Discovery (1804 to 1806) from the Army's side. The expedition was led by Army officers and crewed largely by enlisted soldiers. It suits readers of American military history, collectors of official Army publications, and anyone following the expedition who wants the Army's own account.

Features

• Center of Military History Publication — Issued by the US Army's official history office, which researches and publishes the service's own record of its past.
• CMH Pub 70-75-1 — Carries the Center's catalog number, which collectors use to identify and track official Army history titles.
• Army Perspective On The Expedition — Covers Lewis and Clark as a military undertaking, the angle most popular histories pass over.
• Corps Of Discovery Focus — Deals with the 1804 to 1806 journey to the Pacific and back by the party of officers, soldiers and civilians.
• Softcover Booklet Format — A slim paperback that fits on a bookshelf and travels easily in a bag.
• Painted Cover Art — The cover shows a Western scene of the expedition party meeting Native Americans on an open plain below the mountains, with horses behind and two wolves in the foreground.
• Official US Government Title — Published under the US Army name, which gives it a place alongside other official Army publications in a reference collection.

Center of Military History

The Center of Military History writes and publishes the Army's histories, from campaign studies to short commemorative booklets like this one. The catalog number CMH Pub 70-75-1 identifies this title within that series. It is a good fit for a military history shelf, a classroom or reading-group set on westward exploration, or a collection of Army-published works.