United States frontier army

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component of the United States Army military formation

The United States frontier army was the branch of the U.S. military responsible for protecting and expanding the nation’s western frontier through garrison duty, exploration, and conflicts with Native American tribes during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. Army campaigns in the American West	1
U.S. Army forces under Arthur St. Clair	1
U.S. Army frontier forts	1
United States forces in the Black Hawk War	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	component of the United States Army ⓘ military formation ⓘ
activeDuringCentury	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Indian removal policies ⓘ reservation system enforcement ⓘ settlement of the American West ⓘ westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
commandStructure	War Department of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	American Indian Wars in the West NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
duty	construct and maintain forts ⓘ enforce federal Indian policy ⓘ escort wagon trains ⓘ guard transportation routes ⓘ patrol frontier regions ⓘ protect railroad construction crews ⓘ protect settlers ⓘ protect telegraph lines ⓘ survey and map western territories ⓘ
era	antebellum period ⓘ post–American Revolutionary War period ⓘ post–Civil War period ⓘ
garrisonLocations	border forts ⓘ frontier forts ⓘ western military posts ⓘ
historicalImpact	contributed to displacement of Native American populations ⓘ facilitated U.S. control over western territories ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
operatedIn	American frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	United States Army ⓘ
primaryOpponents	Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous peoples of the Northwest ⓘ Indigenous peoples of the Southwest ⓘ Native American tribes ⓘ
primaryTheater	Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	conflict with Native American tribes ⓘ exploration support ⓘ frontier defense ⓘ garrison duty ⓘ territorial expansion support ⓘ
supportedBy	United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalBranchComposition	artillery units ⓘ cavalry units ⓘ infantry units ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Atkinson – United States forces → associatedWith → United States frontier army ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry Atkinson

John Ewing → partOf → United States frontier army ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States forces in the Black Hawk War

Texas frontier → associatedWith → United States frontier army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Army frontier forts

George Crook → partOf → United States frontier army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Army campaigns in the American West

Chickasaw (some warriors) → foughtAgainst → United States frontier army ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Army forces under Arthur St. Clair