Robert Wooster

Biographic Data

ID623393
NAMERobert Wooster
GIVEN NAMESRobert
FAMILY NAMEWooster
SIGNATUREWOOSTER R
AFFILIATIONSTexas A&M University – Corpus Christi
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS41
TOTAL CITATIONS9
AUTHOR COUNT41
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1988
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Thomas C. Rust. Watching over Yellowstone: The US Army’s Experience in America’s First National Park, 1886–1918

    Open AccessRobert WoosterARTICLEThe American Historical Review2024

    Journal Article Thomas C. Rust. Watching over Yellowstone: The US Army's Experience in America's First National Park, 1886–1918. Get access Thomas C. Rust. Watching over Yellowstone: The US Army's Experience in America's First National Park, 1886–1918. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2020. Pp. xv, 256. Paper $27.95. Robert Wooster Robert Wooster Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Email: [email protected] Search for other works …

  • The Old Army in the Big Bend of Texas: The Last Cavalry Frontier, 1911–1921 . By Thomas “Ty” Smith. Foreword by David W. Keller

    Open AccessRobert WoosterARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly2019

    The Old Army in the Big Bend of Texas: The Last Cavalry Frontier, 1911–1921. By Thomas “Ty” Smith. Foreword by David W. Keller The Old Army in the Big Bend of Texas: The Last Cavalry Frontier, 1911–1921. By Thomas “Ty” Smith. Foreword by David W. Keller. (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2018. xv + 240 pp. Illustrations, maps, charts, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00.) Robert Wooster Robert Wooster Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi…

  • Coast to Coast Empire: Manifest Destiny and the New Mexico Borderlands

    Robert WoosterARTICLEHistory Reviews of New Books2019

    "Coast to Coast Empire: Manifest Destiny and the New Mexico Borderlands." History: Reviews of New Books, 47(3), p. 51

  • Distant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico

    Robert Wooster, Flint Whitlock et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History2007

  • Frontier Crossroads: Fort Davis and the West

    Anne M Butler, Robert WoosterARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History2007

  • John M. Schofield and the ‘Multipurpose’ Army

    Robert WoosterARTICLEAmerican Nineteenth Century History2006

    With only a tiny federal bureaucracy, the United States government employed the army in a variety of non‐combat roles throughout the late nineteenth century, a dependence largely overlooked by general surveys of the period. The activities of Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, who served as unofficial ambassador for the removal of French troops from Mexico, director of Reconstruction in Virginia, temporary secretary of war, inspector for potential milit…

  • Fanny Dunbar Corbusier: Recollections of Her Army Life, 1869-1908

    James N Leiker, Patricia Y Stallard et al.ARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly2004

    Fanny Dunbar Corbusier: Recollections of Her Army Life, 1869–1908 and Soldier, Surgeon, Scholar: The Memoirs of William Henry Corbusier, 1844–1930 Get access Fanny Dunbar Corbusier: Recollections of Her Army Life, 1869–1908. Edited by Stallard Patricia Y.. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. xix + 348 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95.)Soldier, Surgeon, Scholar: The Memoirs of William Henry Corbusier, 1844–1930. Edite…

  • Civil War in the Southwest: Recollections of the Sibley Brigade

    Robert Wooster, Jerry Thompson et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History2003

  • General John Pope: A Life for the Nation

    Robert Wooster, Peter CozzensARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History2002

  • Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade

    Robert Wooster, Barton H BarbourARTICLEJournal of American History2002

    Seeking to extend its influence over the lucrative upper Missouri River region, in 1829 the Western Department of John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company began building a large trading post just above the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers. Soon to be known as Fort Union, the palisaded fort eventually featured large stone bastions protruding from two corners and an elaborate bourgeois house in its interior. In 1834, As-tor's retire…

  • Borderland: The Life of James Kirker, 1793-1852

    Robert Wooster, Ralph Adam SmithARTICLEThe Journal of Military History2001

  • Kit Carson and the Indians

    Robert Wooster, Tom W DunlayARTICLEThe Journal of Military History2001

  • Nez Perce Summer, 1877: The U.S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis

    Robert Wooster, Jerome A GreeneARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly2001

    Journal Article Nez Perce Summer, 1877: The U. S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis Get access Nez Perce Summer, 1877: The U. S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis. By Greene Jerome A.. (Helena: Montana Historical Society Press, 2000. xix + 554 pp. Illustrations, maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $49.95.) Robert Wooster Robert Wooster Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar …

  • Fort Riley and Its Neighbors: Military Money and Economic Growth, 1853-1895

    Robert Wooster, William A DobakARTICLEJournal of American History2001

    Journal Article Fort Riley and Its Neighbors: Military Money and Economic Growth, 1853–1895. By William A. Dobak. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998. xvi, 241 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-8061-3071-7.) Get access Robert Wooster Robert Wooster Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 2, September 2001, Page 656, https://doi.org/…

  • The Law Comes to Texas: The Texas Rangers, 1870-1901

    Robert Wooster, Frederick WilkinsARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History2000

  • U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1860-1941

    Robert Wooster, Andrew J BirtleARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1999

  • Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War

    Robert Wooster, Richard Bruce WindersARTICLEJournal of American History1998

    Journal Article Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War. By Richard Bruce Winders. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1997. xvi, 284 pp. $34.95, ISBN 0-89096-754-7.) Get access Robert Wooster Robert Wooster Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 4, March 1998, Pages 1510–1511, https://d…

  • Frontier Cavalryman: Lieutenant John Bigelow with the Buffalo Soldiers in Texas

    Robert Wooster, Marcos E KinevanARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1998

    Journal Article Frontier Cavalryman: Lieutenant John Bigelow with the Buffalo Soldiers in Texas Get access Frontier Cavalryman: Lieutenant John Bigelow with the Buffalo Soldiers in Texas. By Kinevan Marcos E.. (El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1998. xvii + 338 pp. Illustrations, maps, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00.) Robert Wooster Robert Wooster Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford …

  • John Sutter and a Wider West

    Robert Wooster, Kenneth N OwensARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic1996

  • Blood and Treasure: Confederate Empire in the Southwest

    Robert Wooster, Donald S FrazierARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1996

  • The Dust Rose like Smoke: The Subjugation of the Zulu and the Sioux

    Robert Wooster, James O GumpARTICLEJournal of American History1995Cited by: 1

    Journal Article The Dust Rose like Smoke: The Subjugation of the Zulu and the Sioux. By James O. Gump. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994. xii, 178 pp. $25.00, ISBN 0-8032-2152-5.) Get access Robert Wooster Robert Wooster Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 1, June 1995, Page 268, https://doi.org/10.2307/2082041…

  • The General's General: The Life and Times of Arthur MacArthur

    Robert Wooster, Kenneth Ray YoungARTICLEJournal of American History1995Cited by: 1

    Journal Article The General's General: The Life and Times of Arthur Mac Arthur. By Kenneth Ray Young. (Boulder: Westview, 1994. xvi, 400 pp. $32.95, ISBN 0-8133-2195-6.) Get access Robert Wooster Robert Wooster Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 3, December 1995, Pages 1249–1250, https://doi.org/10.2307/2945219 Published…

  • Nelson Miles and the Twilight of the Frontier Army

    John W Bailey, Robert WoosterARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1994

  • General Custer and the Little Bighorn Reconsidered--Again

    James B Potts, Douglas D Scott et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1994

  • "The Most Ambitious Officer" in the Army

    Jerry Cooper, Robert WoosterARTICLEReviews in American History1994

    Nelson Appleton Miles served in the United States Army for forty-two years, from September 1861 to August 1903. In that time he rose from first lieutenant, Company E, 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, a unit Miles organized and equipped with his own money, to commanding general of the Army with the rank of lieutenant general. Although Miles cannot be included among the nation's best known or most successful soldiers, Robert Wooster's biograp…